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Escapade vs Revel - What's the difference?

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Escapade is a synonym of revel.


As nouns the difference between escapade and revel

is that escapade is a daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention while revel is an instance of merrymaking; a celebration or revel can be (architecture).

As a verb revel is

to make merry; to have a gay, lively time or revel can be (obsolete) to draw back; to retract.

escapade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
  • * 1724 , :
    • The Manner of living among the Portugueze here is, with the utmost Frugality and Temperance. . . . The best of them (excepting the Governor now and then) neither pay nor receive any Visits of Escapade or Recreation.
  • * 1816 , , The Antiquary - Volume II , ch. 9:
    • [Nobody] stood more confounded than Oldbuck at this sudden escapade of his nephew. "Is the devil in him," was his first exclamation, "to go to disturb the brute?"
  • * 1918 , , Piccadilly Jim , ch. 1:
    • He is always doing something to make himself notorious. There was that breach-of-promise case, and that fight at the political meeting, and his escapades at Monte Carlo.
  • * 2011 March 4, , " The Adjustment Bureau''" (film review), ''Time (retrieved 23 March 2014):
    • He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days.

    revel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
    • Our revels now are ended.
  • *
  • *:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels ? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
    • Derived terms
    * revelry

    Verb

  • To make merry; to have a gay, lively time.
  • * 1997 , The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
    • Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
    Synonyms
    * (make merry) carouse, celebrate
    Derived terms
    * reveller/reveler

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) revellere; .

    Verb

    (revell)
  • (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
    • (Harvey)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture)

    • Anagrams

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