Rebel vs Revolt - What's the difference?
rebel | revolt |
To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
To rebel, particularly against authority.
* Shakespeare
To repel greatly.
* Burke
* J. Morley
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at .
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
* Milton
* J. Morley
Revolt is a synonym of rebel.
In intransitive terms the difference between rebel and revolt
is that rebel is to resist or become defiant toward an authority while revolt is to be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.rebel
English
(wikipedia rebel)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rebelle, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) rebeller, from (etyl) . See also (l).Verb
(rebell)Synonyms
* defyAntonyms
* obey * submitrevolt
English
Verb
- The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
- Our discontented counties do revolt .
- Your brother revolts me!
- This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
- To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
- (Spenser)
- The stomach revolts''' at such food; his nature '''revolts at cruelty.
- Still revolt when truth would set them free.
- His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.