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Bedlam vs Clamor - What's the difference?

bedlam | clamor |

As nouns the difference between bedlam and clamor

is that bedlam is a place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails while clamor is a great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.

As a verb clamor is

to cry out and/or demand.

bedlam

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
  • * 1872 : , The Complete Works of John Bunyan , p 133
    • Some of the wards were veritable "bedlams ," and dis-charged patients have told of abuses practiced in them of which the mere recital causes a shudder.
  • * 2002 : Mark L. Friedman, ''Everyday Crisis Management, p 134
    • The outside of the Hyatt was bedlam . There was a group of more than a hundred injured people on the circular drive in front of the hotel.
  • (obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let's get the bedlam to lead him.
  • (obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
  • * 1720 : , The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson , p 43
    • But if any man should profess to believe these things, and yet allow himself in any known wickedness, such a one should be put into bedlam.

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    clamor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * clamour (UK English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  • Any loud and continued noise.
  • A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

    • Synonyms

    * (great outcry) outcry, tumult

    Derived terms

    * clamorous * clamorously * clamorousness

    Related terms

    * acclamation * claim * declamation * reclamation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry out and/or demand.
    • ''Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
  • To demand by outcry.
    • ''Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
  • To become noisy insistently.
    • ''After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
  • To influence by outcry.
    • ''His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
  • (obsolete) To silence.

    • Synonyms

    * (to cry out) din

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