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Flurry vs Commotion - What's the difference?

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Flurry is a related term of commotion.


As nouns the difference between flurry and commotion

is that flurry is a brief snowfall while commotion is a state of turbulent motion.

As a verb flurry

is to agitate, bewilder, disconcert.

flurry

English

Noun

(flurries)
  • A brief snowfall.
  • A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.
    • a flurry of wind
  • A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
  • Any sudden activity; a stir.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}
  • * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
    • These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds
    • , work=BBC citation , passage=The Championship highflyers almost got their reward for a resilient performance on their first visit to the Emirates, surviving a flurry of first-half Arsenal chances before hitting back with a classic sucker punch.}}
  • A snack consisting of soft ice cream with small pieces of fruit, cookie, etc.
  • * 1988 , K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats'' (in ''Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)
    • Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries ? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health.
  • * 2002 , Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)
    • They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry , smoothie, banana split or shake...
  • The violent spasms of a dying whale.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • She was flurried by the term with which he had qualified her gentle friend, but she took the occasion for one to which she must in every manner lend herself.
  • To move or fall in a flurry.

    • commotion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state of turbulent motion.
  • An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • (euphemistic) Sexual excitement.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , and now, glancing my eyes towards that part of his dress which cover'd the essential object of enjoyment, I plainly discover'd the swell and commotion there}}

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