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Affray vs Shindy - What's the difference?

affray | shindy |

As nouns the difference between affray and shindy

is that affray is the act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack while shindy is a shindig.

As a verb affray

is to startle from quiet; to alarm.

affray

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.
  • A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
  • The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
    • The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.

    Synonyms

    * fray, brawl. * alarm, terror, fright.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  • * Chaucer
    • Smale foules a great heap / That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep.
  • To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That voice doth us affray .

    shindy

    English

    Noun

    (shindies)
  • A shindig.
  • * 1939 , John Boynton Priestley, Let the People Sing
    • "Well, from what I hear," Dr. Buckie went on, complacently, "there'll be more shindies . So look out!"
  • (slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
    • (Thackeray)
  • hockey; shinney
    • (Bartlett)
  • (US, dialect, dated) A fancy or liking.
    • (Bartlett)