Riot vs Feast - What's the difference?
riot | feast |
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
* Shakespeare
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
* Alexander Pope
To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
(obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
* Daniel
* Alexander Pope
A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
Something delightful
A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
* Bible, Exodus xiii. 6
* Bible, Luke ii. 41
To partake in a , or large meal.
To dwell upon (something) with delight.
* Shakespeare
To hold a in honor of (someone).
To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
* Bishop Joseph Hall
As nouns the difference between riot and feast
is that riot is wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult while feast is a very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.As verbs the difference between riot and feast
is that riot is to create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition while feast is to partake in a , or large meal.riot
English
(wikipedia riot)Noun
(en noun)- His headstrong riot hath no curb.
- Venus loveth riot and dispense.
- the lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day
Derived terms
* rioter * run riotVerb
(en verb)- The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
- Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
- No pulse that riots , and no blood that glows.
Anagrams
* * * *feast
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) feest, feste, fest, from (etyl) feste, from (etyl) festa, plural of .Noun
(en noun)- We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
- It was a feast for the eyes.
- The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Synonyms
* banquetDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) feesten, festen, from (etyl) fester, from , from the noun. See above.Verb
(en verb)- I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
- With my love's picture then my eye doth feast .
- We feasted them after the victory.
- Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.