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Tumulous vs Turbulent - What's the difference?

tumulous | turbulent |

As adjectives the difference between tumulous and turbulent

is that tumulous is full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose while turbulent is violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.

tumulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
  • (Bailey)
    (Webster 1913)

    turbulent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
  • Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
  • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.}}

    Derived terms

    * turbulently * turbulent flow