Revolt vs. Riot — What's the Difference?

To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.

A riot () is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private.

To oppose or refuse to accept something

A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.

To feel disgust or repugnance

(Law) A violent disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled for a common purpose.

To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel.

An unrestrained outbreak, as of laughter or passions.

An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.

A profusion

An act of protest or rejection.

Unrestrained merrymaking; revelry.

The state of a person or persons in rebellion

Debauchery.

To rebel, particularly against authority.

(Slang) An irresistibly funny person or thing

To repel greatly.

To take part in a riot.

To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

To live wildly or engage in uncontrolled revelry.

(intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.

To waste (money or time) in wild or wanton living

To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

An act of revolt.

(figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.

To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

A humorous or entertaining event or person.

Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel.

Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.

To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; - with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.

(obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

(intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.

To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.

To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.

The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.

(transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.

A revolter.

(transitive) To annoy.

Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

Make revolution;

Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

Fill with distaste;

The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of;

To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.

To spend or pass in riot.

A public act of violence by an unruly mob

A state of disorder involving group violence

A joke that seems extremely funny

A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

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

Engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making;