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Rebellion vs Conspiracy - What's the difference?

rebellion | conspiracy |

As nouns the difference between rebellion and conspiracy

is that rebellion is armed resistance to an established government or ruler while conspiracy is the act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.

rebellion

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
  • The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
  • (countable) Defiance]] of authority or control; the act of [[rebel, rebelling.
  • Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
  • (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
  • The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

    Antonyms

    *(defiance of authority or control) obedience, submission

    conspiracy

    Noun

    (conspiracies)
  • The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  • (legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • A group of ravens.
  • (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
  • Derived terms

    * conspiracy of silence * conspiracy theory