different between ambush vs riot

English

Etymology

From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, US, UK) IPA^(key): /?æm.b??/

Noun

ambush (plural ambushes)

1. The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
2. An attack launched from a concealed position.
3. The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.

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Verb

ambush (third-person singular simple present ambushes, present participle ambushing, simple past and past participle ambushed)

1. (transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
   • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

     By ambush'd men behind their temple laid / We have the king of Mexico betray'd.

2. (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.

Derived terms

• ambushable

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Further reading

• ambush at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ambush in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“I roar”).

Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.?t/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /??a?.?t/
• Rhymes: -a??t
• Homophone: ryot

Noun

riot (countable and uncountable, plural riots)

1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
2. The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
3. (figuratively) A wide and unconstrained variety.
4. (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
5. (obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

Derived terms

• rioter
• riotous
• run riot
• riot boosting

Translations

Verb

riot (third-person singular simple present riots, present participle rioting, simple past and past participle rioted)

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

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
3. (transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
4. (transitive) To annoy.

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Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Tori, Troi, roti, tiro, tori, trio