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Troublemaker vs Troublemaking - What's the difference?

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Troublemaking is a related term of troublemaker.



As nouns the difference between troublemaker and troublemaking

is that troublemaker is one who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately while troublemaking is causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way.

As an adjective troublemaking is

causing trouble.

troublemaker

English

Alternative forms

* trouble-maker * trouble maker (proscribed)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
  • A complainer.

    • Synonyms

    * hooligan * stirrer * See also * See also

    troublemaking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing trouble.
  • *2005 , (Christopher Hitchens), "André Malraux: One Man's Fate", New York Times Book Review , 10 Apr 2005:
  • *:Moving to Saignon in the mid-1920s, he helped to produce a troublemaking newspaper, L'Indochine , which ventilated the many complaints of the Vietnamese about forced labor, land expropriation, and police brutality.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 26, author=Anna Jane Grossman, title=Is Junie B. Jones Talking Trash?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The spunky kindergartener (first grader in more recent volumes) is prone to troublemaking , often calls people names and isn’t averse to talking back to her teachers. }}

    Related terms

    * troublemaker