Riot vs. Insurrection
Difference Between Riot and Insurrection
Riotnoun
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Insurrectionnoun
A violent uprising of part or all of a national population against the government or other authority; a mutiny; a rebellion.
Riotnoun
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
Insurrectionnoun
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Riotnoun
A wide and unconstrained variety.
Riotnoun
(obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Riotverb
To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.Riotverb
(obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
Riotnoun
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
Riotnoun
a state of disorder involving group violence
Riotnoun
a joke that seems extremely funny
Riotnoun
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Riotverb
take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot;
Students were rioting everywhere in 1968Riotverb
engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making;
They were out carousing last night
