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Tumultuous vs Upheaval - What's the difference?

tumultuous | upheaval |

As an adjective tumultuous

is noisy and disorderly.

As a noun upheaval is

the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.

tumultuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Noisy and disorderly
  • Causing tumult

    • upheaval

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust
  • a sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion
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    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.}}