different between mutiny vs rising

English

Etymology

From Middle French mutiner

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mju.t?.ni/, /?mjut.ni/ (syncope)
• enPR: myo?o?t?-n?, myo?ot?n?

Noun

mutiny (countable and uncountable, plural mutinies)

1. An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.

Related terms

• mutineer
• mutinous

Translations

Verb

mutiny (third-person singular simple present mutinies, present participle mutinying, simple past and past participle mutinied)

1. (intransitive) To commit mutiny.

   The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.

Translations

Further reading

• Mutiny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mutiny in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• munity

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?z??/

Verb

rising

1. present participle of rise

Noun

rising (plural risings)

1. Rebellion.
2. The act of something that rises.

   the risings and fallings of a thermometer

3. (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.

   salt rising; milk rising

Translations

Adjective

rising (not comparable)

1. Going up.
2. Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.

Antonyms

• (going up): falling

Related terms

• rise

Translations

Preposition

rising

1. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.

   a horse rising six years of age

Anagrams

• siring