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Revelry vs Binge - What's the difference?

revelry | binge |

As nouns the difference between revelry and binge

is that revelry is joyful merry-making while binge is a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.

As a verb binge is

to engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.

revelry

English

Noun

(revelries)
  • Joyful merry-making.
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  • The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.

    Synonyms

    * celebration, festivity, revelment

    Derived terms

    * revelrous

    binge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.
  • (eating disorder) A rapid and excessive consumption of food.
  • Synonyms

    * bender, jag, spree, toot

    Derived terms

    * binge drinking * binge eating * binge watching

    Verb

  • To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.
  • (to engage in a short period of excessive consumption) (trans-mid) * Italian: (t) (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * binge and purge

    See also

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