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Revolting vs Rebellion - What's the difference?

revolting | rebellion |

As nouns the difference between revolting and rebellion

is that revolting is the action of the verb to revolt while rebellion is rebellion (armed resistance).

As a verb revolting

is .

As an adjective revolting

is which revolts or is repelling.

revolting

English

Verb

(head)
    • The peasants are revolting !

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to revolt .
  • * 1837 , The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)
    • Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Which revolts or is repelling.
    • The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.

    rebellion

    English

    (wikipedia 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.

    Related terms

    *rebel *rebellious

    Antonyms

    *(defiance of authority or control) obedience, submission