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Riot vs Arson - What's the difference?

riot | arson |

As nouns the difference between riot and arson

is that riot is wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult while arson is (uncountable) the crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.

As a verb riot

is to create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.

riot

English

(wikipedia riot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His headstrong riot hath no curb.
  • The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
  • Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
  • * Chaucer
    • Venus loveth riot and dispense.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • the lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day

    Derived terms

    * rioter * run riot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
    • The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
  • (obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
  • * Daniel
    • Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • No pulse that riots , and no blood that glows.

    Anagrams

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    arson

    English

    (wikipedia arson)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.
  • * 2006 , , Concrete: Killer Smile , Part two, p.34
    • Arson , like we thought. three punks doused a car, lit it, and took off.
  • (countable) An instance of such a crime.

    • See also

    * incendiary * incendiarism

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