different between disorientate vs preoccupy

English

Etymology

Back-formation from disorientation.

Verb

disorientate (third-person singular simple present disorientates, present participle disorientating, simple past and past participle disorientated)

1. Alternative form of disorient
   • 1941, Frederic William Eggleston, Search for a Social Philosophy, p254

     Ideas often disorientate a system which has been formed on a particular pattern and make it inapplicable; so ideas may lead to the readjustment of groups and sometimes of political boundaries.

Related terms

• disorientation

Translations

Italian

Verb

disorientate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disorientare
2. second-person plural imperative of disorientare
3. feminine plural of disorientato

English

Etymology

From pre- +? occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo, praeoccupare. Doublet of preoccupate, now obsolete.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p????kjupa?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?i??kjupa?/

Verb

preoccupy (third-person singular simple present preoccupies, present participle preoccupying, simple past and past participle preoccupied)

1. (transitive) To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere. [from 16th c.]
2. (transitive, obsolete) To occupy or take possession of beforehand. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 91:

     Terrified at this uproar, […] she ran for shelter into the place which was pre-occupied by the other lady […] .

Related terms

• preoccupation

Translations