As nouns the difference between welter and tumult
is that
welter is welter (boxing class) while
tumult is tumult, ruckus, row.
welter English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognates include (etyl) (m) ((etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines
Verb
( en verb)
to roll; to wallow
(intransitive, sometimes, figurative) to be soaked or steeped in.
* Latimer
- When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.
* Spenser
- These wizards welter in wealth's waves.
* Landor
- the priests at the altar weltering in their blood
To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
* Milton
- the weltering waves
* Wordsworth
- waves that, hardly weltering , die away
* Trench
- through this blindly weltering sea
Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
Adjective
Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
Derived terms
* welter-weight
Etymology 3
Compare wilt (intransitive verb).
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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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