different between rebellious vs chaotic

English

Alternative forms

• rebellous (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel +? -ious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?li?s/, /???b?lj?s/
• Rhymes: -?li?s
• Hyphenation: re?bel?lious

Adjective

rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)

1. Showing rebellion.

Synonyms

• defiant
• restive

Antonyms

• docile

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rebellous, rebellyus, rebellouse

Etymology

From rebellen +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??b?liu?s/, /r??b?lju?s/, /r??b?lu?s/, /r??b?lius/, /r??b?ljus/, /r??b?lus/

Adjective

rebellious (Late Middle English)

1. Refusing to submit to authorities; rebellious.

Descendants

• English: rebellious

References

• “rebelli?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

English

Etymology

From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos +? -otic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ke???t?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ke???t?k/, /-d?k/, [-??k]
• Rhymes: -?t?k
• Hyphenation: cha?ot?ic

Adjective

chaotic (comparative more chaotic, superlative most chaotic)

1. Filled with chaos.
2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

   Synonym: shambolic
3. (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
4. (role-playing games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

   Antonym: lawful

Alternative forms

• chaotick (obsolete)

Derived terms

• chaotically

Translations

Noun

chaotic (plural chaotics)

1. (role-playing games) A character having a chaotic alignment.

References

Further reading

• chaos (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia