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Tumult vs Cannonade - What's the difference?

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Tumult is a related term of cannonade.


As nouns the difference between tumult and cannonade

is that tumult is tumult, ruckus, row while cannonade is firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time.

As a verb cannonade is

to discharge artillery fire.

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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    cannonade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time .
  • * Prescott
    • A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.
  • (figurative) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
  • * Ewerson
    • Blue Walden rolls its cannonade .

    Verb

  • To discharge artillery fire.