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Demo vs Riot - What's the difference?

demo | riot |

As nouns the difference between demo and riot

is that demo is while riot is wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

As a verb riot is

to create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.

demo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A demonstration or visual explanation.
  • A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
    • After hearing the demo the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.
  • an example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount
  • a march or gathering to make a political protest
  • (computing) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
  • (computing, demoscene) a non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine (see demoscene)
  • * 2007 , Game Face (issues 21-25)
    • Though the idea of procedural textures has been around for years, they have primarily been exploited by the demo scene, made famous by impressive demos like kkrieger, and haven't hit it big in the game industry yet
  • * 2008 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
    • A very successful PC demo from 1993, Second Reality from Future Crew
  • Democrat.
  • .
  • Demolition.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
    • The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.
  • To demonstrate.

    • Anagrams

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    riot

    English

    (wikipedia riot)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His headstrong riot hath no curb.
  • The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
  • Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
  • * Chaucer
    • Venus loveth riot and dispense.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • the lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day

    Derived terms

    * rioter * run riot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
    • The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
  • (obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
  • * Daniel
    • Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • No pulse that riots , and no blood that glows.

    Anagrams

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