The difference between Disturb and Eat
When used as nouns, disturb means disturbance, whereas eat means something to be eaten.
When used as verbs, disturb means to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids, whereas eat means to consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
check bellow for the other definitions of Disturb and Eat
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Disturb as a verb (transitive):
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
Examples:
"The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam."
"The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone."
"A school of fish disturbed the water."
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Disturb as a verb (transitive):
to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
Examples:
"A mudslide disturbed the course of the river."
"The trauma disturbed his mind."
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Disturb as a verb (intransitive):
to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
Examples:
"A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer."
"His behaviour is very disturbing."
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Disturb as a noun (obsolete):
disturbance
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Eat as a verb (ambitransitive):
To ingest; to be ingested. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. To consume a meal. To be eaten.
Examples:
"He’s eating an apple. / Don’t disturb me now; can't you see that I’m eating?"
"What time do we eat this evening?"
"It's a soup that eats like a meal."
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Eat as a verb (transitive):
To use up. To destroy, consume, or use up. To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object. To consume money or (other instruents of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.
Examples:
"This project is eating up all the money."
"The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out."
"John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report."
"The video game in the corner just ate my quarter."
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Eat as a verb (transitive, informal):
To cause (someone) to worry.
Examples:
"What’s eating you?"
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Eat as a verb (transitive, business):
To take the loss in a transaction.
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Eat as a verb (ambitransitive):
To corrode or erode.
Examples:
"The acid rain ate away the statue.  The strong acid eats through the metal."
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Eat as a verb (transitive, informal):
To perform oral sex. To perform oral sex on someone. To perform oral sex on a body part.
Examples:
"'Eat me!"
"I ate his ass."
"Yeah, eat that dick."
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Eat as a noun (colloquial):
Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.