Excitement vs Tumult - What's the difference?
excitement | tumult | Related terms |
(uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
* E.A. Poe, '' The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':
(countable) something that excites.
Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
* Alexander Pope
Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
A riot or uprising.
(obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
Excitement is a related term of tumult.
As nouns the difference between excitement and tumult
is that excitement is (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused) while tumult is tumult, ruckus, row.excitement
English
Noun
- By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement .
tumult
English
Noun
(en noun)- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
- the tumult of the elements
- the tumult of the spirits or passions
Synonyms
* uproar * ruckusVerb
(en verb)- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. — Milton.