Revolt vs Rising - What's the difference?
revolt | rising | Related terms |
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
rebellion
The act of something that rises.
(US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
going up
(US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
Revolt is a related term of rising.
As verbs the difference between revolt and rising
is that revolt is to rebel, particularly against authority while rising is .As nouns the difference between revolt and rising
is that revolt is an act of revolt while rising is rebellion.As an adjective rising is
going up.As a preposition rising is
(us|slang|dated) more than; exceeding; upwards of.revolt
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.
Noun
rising
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the risings and fallings of a thermometer
- salt rising'''; milk '''rising
Adjective
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)- a horse rising six years of age
