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Vociferous vs Foment - What's the difference?

vociferous | foment |

As an adjective vociferous

is making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.

As a verb foment is

to incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

vociferous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 23 , author=Alasdair Lamont , title=Hearts 0-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hearts' threat had not evaporated, though, and Templeton fired a yard over the bar before the home fans and players made vociferous handball claims against Jamie Carragher, which were ignored by referee Florian Meyer.}}
  • * 1909 , , The Foreigner , ch. 17:
    • They crowded around him with vociferous welcome, Brown leading in a series of wild cheers.

    Synonyms

    * noisy

    Derived terms

    * vociferously * vociferousness

    Related terms

    * vocal * vociferation

    References

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    foment

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
    • He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
  • (medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
  • * 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange , Norton (2005), page 1178,
    • The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.

    Derived terms

    * fomentation