different between mischief vs revel
mischief
English
Etymology
From Middle English myschef, meschef, meschief, mischef, from Old French meschief, from meschever (“to bring to grief”), from mes- (“badly”) + chever (“happen; come to a head”), from Vulgar Latin *capare, from Latin caput (“head”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?st??f/, /?m??t??f/
- Rhymes: -?st??f
Noun
mischief (countable and uncountable, plural mischiefs)
- (uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- Synonyms: delinquency, naughtiness, roguery, scampishness; see also Thesaurus:villainy, Thesaurus:mischief
- (countable) A playfully annoying action.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- 2014, G. W. Rennie, The Rat Chronicles, iUniverse ?ISBN, page 21
- Kirac, the leader of the rats under his charge, speaks to the major through his telepathic abilities that manifested after the alien virus infected him and his mischief of rats.
- 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Rats For Kids, Mendon Cottage Books ?ISBN, page 6
- A group of rats is not a herd or a gaggle, but a pack or a mischief of rats. Rats in general are omnivorous, meaning they will eat almost anything.
- 2014, G. W. Rennie, The Rat Chronicles, iUniverse ?ISBN, page 21
- (archaic) Harm or injury:
- (uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 8:
- Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 8:
- (countable) An injury or an instance of harm or trouble caused by a person or other agent or cause.
- (uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
- (law) A criminal offence defined in various ways in various jurisdictions, sometimes including causing damage to another's property.
- (archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
- Synonyms: bad boy, knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue; see also Thesaurus:villain, Thesaurus:troublemaker
- (euphemistic) The Devil; used as an expletive.
- 1967, The Statesman (volume 12, page 260)
- What the mischief are you? and how the mischief did you get here, and where in thunder did you come from?
- 1967, The Statesman (volume 12, page 260)
- (Australia) Casual and/or flirtatious sexual acts.
Synonyms
- (harm or injury): agitation, annoyance, corruption, damage, demolition, destruction, detriment, disablement, disruption, evil, harm, hurt, ill, impairment, incapacitation, injury, nuisance, pique, ravage, sabotage, scathe, trouble, undoing, unmaking, vexation, weakening, wrong
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- mischief at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Mischief in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Middle English
Noun
mischief
- Alternative form of myschef
mischief From the web:
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revel
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: r?v?-?l, IPA(key): /???v.?l/
- Rhymes: -?v?l
Noun
revel (plural revels)
- An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
- A kind of dance.
- A wake for the dead.
Derived terms
- revelry
Translations
Verb
revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling or reveling, simple past and past participle revelled or reveled)
- To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
- 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
- To take delight (in something).
- 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
- Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
- 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Synonyms
- (make merry): carouse, celebrate
Derived terms
- reveller/reveler
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
Verb
revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling, simple past and past participle revelled)
- (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
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Noun
revel (plural revels)
- (architecture) Alternative form of reveal
Anagrams
- Lever, elver, lever
Breton
Etymology
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Alternative forms
- reizhel
Adjective
revel
- sexual
References
- "revel" in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French revel, from reveler.
Alternative forms
- revell, revelle, rewle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?v?l/
Noun
revel (plural reveles)
- Joyfulness, entertainment, celebration, revelling.
- A specific instance of revelling or joyfulness.
- (rare, Late Middle English) Chaos, disorder.
Related terms
- revelen
- revelour
- revelyng
Descendants
- English: revel
References
- “revel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
Etymology 2
Verb
revel
- Alternative form of revelen (“to revel”)
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