Tumult vs Franticness - What's the difference?
tumult | franticness | Related terms |
Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
* Alexander Pope
Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
A riot or uprising.
(obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
The state or quality of being frantic
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Tumult is a related term of franticness.
As nouns the difference between tumult and franticness
is that tumult is tumult, ruckus, row while franticness is the state or quality of being frantic.tumult
English
Noun
(en noun)- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
- the tumult of the elements
- the tumult of the spirits or passions
Synonyms
* uproar * ruckusVerb
(en verb)- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. — Milton.
franticness
English
Noun
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