different between boisterous vs stampede

English

Etymology

From Middle English boistres, an alteration of Middle English boistous, from Anglo-Norman bustous (“rough”), perhaps from Old French boitous (“noisy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??st???s/

Adjective

boisterous (comparative more boisterous, superlative most boisterous)

1. Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
2. Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
3. Having or resembling animal exuberance.

Derived terms

• boisterously
• boisterousness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Spanish estampida (“a stampede”) (in America), estampido (“a crackling”), akin to estampar (“to stamp”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /stæm?pi?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Noun

stampede (plural stampedes)

1. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
   • 1873, William Black, A Princess of Thule

     She and her husband would join in the general stampede.

2. A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
3. (figuratively) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.

   a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets

Synonyms

• (a wild running away): rush, flight
• (an intensive movement of a crowd): crush, jam, trampling

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Verb

stampede (third-person singular simple present stampedes, present participle stampeding, simple past and past participle stampeded)

1. (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
2. (transitive) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

   • Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd.

3. (of people) To move rapidly in a mass.

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