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Protester vs Insurgent - What's the difference?

protester | insurgent |

As nouns the difference between protester and insurgent

is that protester is one who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling while insurgent is one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

As an adjective insurgent is

rebellious, opposing authority.

protester

English

Alternative forms

* protestor

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling.
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    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
  • (legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

    • Related terms

    * dissenter * dissident * demonstrator

    insurgent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Rebellious, opposing authority.
  • * Motley
    • The insurgent provinces.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency

    • Anagrams

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