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Rampant vs Stormy - What's the difference?

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Rampant is a related term of stormy.


As adjectives the difference between rampant and stormy

is that rampant is (originally) rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended while stormy is of or pertaining to storms.

rampant

English

Alternative forms

* rampaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
  • * The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
  • (heraldry) Rearing on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
  • * Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
    • little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
  • (architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
  • Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
  • * Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant , killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
    • In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.
  • Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
  • * There was rampant corruption in the city.

    • Derived terms

    * rampantly * rampant gardant * rampant regardant * rampant sejant, sejant rampant

    Related terms

    * ramp * rampage

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    stormy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to storms.
  • Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
    • a stormy''' season or ''a '''stormy day
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
  • Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
    • a stormy''' sound'' or '''''stormy shocks
  • Violent; passionate; rough.
    • stormy passions

    Antonyms

    * calm