What is the difference between protest and march?
protest | march | Synonyms |
(label) To make a strong objection.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
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(label) To affirm (something).
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will protest your cowardice.
*1919 , , (The Moon and Sixpence) ,
*:She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
To object to.
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To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
A formal objection, especially one by a group.
A collective gesture of disapproval: a demonstration.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
A political rally or parade
Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see )
Steady forward movement or progression.
(euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
To cause someone to walk somewhere.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1967
, first = Barbara
, last = Sleigh
, authorlink = Barbara Sleigh
, title = (Jessamy)
, edition = 1993
, location = Sevenoaks, Kent
, publisher=Bloomsbury
, isbn = 0 340 19547 9
, page = 84
, url =
, passage = The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
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To go to war; to make military advances.
A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
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(label) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
The name for any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
* 1819 , (Lord Byron), , IV:
To have common borders or frontiers
(obsolete) Smallage.
March is a synonym of protest.
In intransitive terms the difference between protest and march
is that protest is to make a strong objection while march is to have common borders or frontiers.In transitive terms the difference between protest and march
is that protest is to affirm (something) while march is to cause someone to walk somewhere.As a proper noun March is
the third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.protest
English
(wikipedia protest)Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
Synonyms
* dissent * objection * protestationDerived terms
* Protestant * protestation * protester * protest march * under protestAnagrams
* * English heteronyms ----march
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Akin to (etyl) mearc'', ''?emearc "mark, boundary".Noun
(es)- the march of time
Synonyms
* (steady forward movement or progression) process * (political rally) protest, parade, rally * (steady forward movement) advancement, progressionDerived terms
* countermarch * dead march * death march * double march * force-march * forced march * freedom march * frog-march, frog march, frog's march * funeral march * gain a march on, get a march on * grand march * hour of march * in a full march * in march * Jacksonian march * Jarvis march * line of march * make a march * march haemoglobinuria, march hemoglobinuria * march-on * march-order * march out * march-past * march-time * march tumor, march tumour * march to a different drummer * march to the beat of a different drum * minute of march * on a march * on the march * outmarch * rogue's march * route march, route-march, routemarch * slow march * snowball marches * steal a march * wedding marchVerb
(es)Derived terms
* dismarch * marcher * marching * march off * march on * march to the beat of a different drum * outmarch * overmarch * remarchEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(es)- Therefore, sir, be my counsayle, rere up your lyege peple and sende kynges and dewkes to loke unto your marchis , and that the mountaynes of Almayne be myghtyly kepte.
- Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona.