Outcry vs Unrest - What's the difference?
outcry | unrest |
a loud cry or uproar
a strong protest
To cry out.
* 1919 , Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
To cry louder than.
* 2003 , Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
* 2007 , Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
As nouns the difference between outcry and unrest
is that outcry is a loud cry or uproar while unrest is a state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.As a verb outcry
is to cry out.outcry
English
Noun
(outcries)- His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.
- The proposal was met with a public outcry .
Verb
- I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.
- ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...
- The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.