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Revolt vs Agitation - What's the difference?

revolt | agitation |

As nouns the difference between revolt and agitation

is that revolt is an act of revolt while agitation is the act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

As a verb revolt

is to rebel, particularly against authority.

revolt

English

Verb

  • To rebel, particularly against authority.
    • The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Our discontented counties do revolt .
  • To repel greatly.
    • Your brother revolts me!
  • * Burke
    • This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
  • * J. Morley
    • To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
  • To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
    • (Spenser)
  • To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at .
    • The stomach revolts''' at such food; his nature '''revolts at cruelty.
  • To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
  • * Milton
    • Still revolt when truth would set them free.
  • * J. Morley
    • His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an act of revolt

    • Related terms

    * revolting ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • agitation

    English

    (wikipedia agitation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
    • After a storm the sea is in agitation .
  • A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.
    • She causes great agitation within me.
  • Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
    • ''the antislavery agitation
    ''labor agitation
    After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • * (rfdate) :

    • Synonyms

    * emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

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