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Melee vs Turmoil - What's the difference?

melee | turmoil |

As nouns the difference between melee and turmoil

is that melee is while turmoil is a state of great disorder or uncertainty.

As a verb turmoil is

(obsolete|intransitive) to be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

melee

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Hand-to-hand combat; .
  • A naval or armor battle at an abnormally close range, extending even to disorganized crowds of people or traffic jams, using no ammunition.
  • A noisy or heated fight, argument or scrap
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The ball did not appear to cross the line, a view supported by television replays as Blues captain John Terry also joined the melee , but referee Atkinson awarded the goal - to the obvious anger of Spurs and their management team.}}

    Verb

    (d)
  • (video games, slang) to physically hit, as opposed to shooting or blowing up.

    • turmoil

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 19, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title=]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181971 England 1-0 Ukraine] , passage=Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.}}
  • Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil , / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
  • *, chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}

    Synonyms

    * chaos, disorder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
    • (Milton)
  • (obsolete) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
  • * Spenser
    • It is her fatal misfortune to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

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