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Debauchery vs Revelry - What's the difference?

debauchery | revelry |

As nouns the difference between debauchery and revelry

is that debauchery is indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition while revelry is joyful merry-making.

debauchery

English

Noun

(debaucheries)
  • Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
  • (archaic) Seduction from duty.

    • Synonyms

    * licentiousness

    Related terms

    * debauch * debauchee * debaucher * debaucherous * debauched

    References

    * Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997) * WordNet 3.0 (Princeton University) ;

    revelry

    English

    Noun

    (revelries)
  • Joyful merry-making.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.

    Synonyms

    * celebration, festivity, revelment

    Derived terms

    * revelrous