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Sedition vs Tumult - What's the difference?

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Sedition is a synonym of tumult.


As nouns the difference between sedition and tumult

is that sedition is sedition (insurrection or rebellion) while tumult is tumult, ruckus, row.

sedition

English

(wikipedia sedition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
  • insurrection or rebellion

    • Related terms

    * seditious

    See also

    * mutiny

    Anagrams

    * *

    tumult

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
  • Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
    • the tumult of the elements
    the tumult of the spirits or passions
  • A riot or uprising.

    • Related terms

    * tumultuous

    Synonyms

    * uproar * ruckus

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
    • Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. — Milton.
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