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Violence vs Agitation - What's the difference?

violence | agitation |

As nouns the difference between violence and agitation

is that violence is extreme force while agitation is the act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

violence

English

Noun

  • Extreme force.
  • Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
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  • Widespread fighting.
  • (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
  • (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
  • Hypernyms

    * (extreme force) force

    Antonyms

    * peace, nonviolence

    See also

    * domestic violence * reverse domestic violence ----

    agitation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
  • After a storm the sea is in agitation .
  • A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.
  • She causes great agitation within me.
  • Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
  • ''the antislavery agitation
    ''labor agitation
    After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.
  • * (rfdate) :
  • Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
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  • Synonyms

    * emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

    References

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