different between feasting vs riot

English

Verb

feasting

1. present participle of feast

   They are feasting on turkey and venison.

Noun

feasting (plural feastings)

1. A feast, or an occasion on which people or animals feast

Anagrams

• fastinge

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.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Tori, Troi, roti, tiro, tori, trio