Riot vs. Insurrection

Riot vs. Insurrection — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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

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Riotverb

take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot;

Students were rioting everywhere in 1968

Riotverb

engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making;

They were out carousing last night