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Altercation vs Rumpus - What's the difference?

altercation | rumpus |

As nouns the difference between altercation and rumpus

is that altercation is warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest while rumpus is a noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.

altercation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
  • * (rfdate), Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
    • "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation .

    Synonyms

    * dispute, wrangle

    rumpus

    English

    Noun

    (rumpuses)
  • A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.

    • Synonyms

    * ruckus, turmoil

    See also

    * romp