rigmarole

As nouns the difference between rigmarole and ceremony

is that rigmarole is complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion while ceremony is a ritual with religious significance.

As nouns the difference between bureaucracy and rigmarole

is that bureaucracy is structure and regulations in place to control activity. Usually in large organizations and government operations while rigmarole is complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion.

As nouns the difference between blather and rigmarole

is that blather is (pejorative) nonsensical or foolish talk while rigmarole is complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion.

As a verb blather

is (pejorative) to talk rapidly without making much sense.

As nouns the difference between rigmarole and nonsense

is that rigmarole is complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion while nonsense is letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.

As a verb nonsense is

to make nonsense of.

As an adjective nonsense is

resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

As nouns the difference between rigmarole and kyrielle

is that rigmarole is complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion while kyrielle is a long rigmarole.

As nouns the difference between rigmarole and leed

is that rigmarole is complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion while leed is sorrow, grief, woe.