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Raucous vs Vivacious - What's the difference?

raucous | vivacious |

As adjectives the difference between raucous and vivacious

is that raucous is harsh and rough-sounding while vivacious is lively and animated; full of life and energy.

raucous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harsh and rough-sounding.
  • At night, raucous sounds come from the swamp.
  • Disorderly and boisterous.
  • Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2014
  • , date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.}}
  • Loud and annoying.
  • the new neighbors had a raucous party.

    Synonyms

    * (disorderly and boisterous) (l)

    vivacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lively and animated; full of life and energy.
  • (obsolete) Long-lived.
  • (rare) Difficult to kill.
  • Synonyms

    * (lively and animated) animated, bubbly, ebullient, high-spirited, lively, vibrant, exciting

    Derived terms

    * vivaciousness