Revolt vs Rebellion - What's the difference?
revolt | rebellion |
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
(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
(countable) Defiance]] of authority or control; the act of [[rebel, rebelling.
(countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
As nouns the difference between revolt and rebellion
is that revolt is an act of revolt while rebellion is armed resistance to an established government or ruler.As a verb revolt
is to rebel, particularly against authority.revolt
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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.
Noun
rebellion
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(wikipedia rebellion)Noun
(en noun)- The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.
- Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.
- The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.
