What's the difference between boisterous and rowdy?

Boisterous


Definition:

  • (a.) Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
  • (a.) Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
  • (a.) Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
  • (a.) Vehement; excessive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A man of Ben van Beurden’s power and reputation for blunt speaking is capable of silencing a ballroom packed with his boisterous peers.
  • (2) In a boisterous session of prime minister's questions, Cameron raised questions over Flowers's suitability to run the bank.
  • (3) Her childhood - split between a boisterous outdoorsiness and an intense inner life - was dominated by her overbearing mother, with whom she fought "steadily but reluctantly" until her death.
  • (4) In a rare move, Cannes judges decided to split the jury prize between Mommy , a boisterous Oedipal comedy from Canada's 25-year-old Xavier Dolan, and the abstract, oblique Goodbye to Language from the 83-year-old provocateur Jean-Luc Godard.
  • (5) Less recognizable than its more boisterous counterpart and in some respects less tangible, this side of the problem of countertransference is no less important.
  • (6) Brodick's Ormidale Hotel is a boisterous, Camra-recommended pub with homecooked bar food and a large garden.
  • (7) When she talks about the difference the treatments made in her life, her voice – already cheerful – becomes boisterous.
  • (8) There are 2.46 million eligible voters who will elect 89 members of parliament after a boisterous nine-day campaign.
  • (9) A neighbour, the mother of three boisterous boys, left her family to fend for themselves at 8am and did not return until late in the evening.
  • (10) When he opened the newspapers on Thursday he found that his robust handling of a boisterous budget day had made him a parliamentary superstar in pinstripes.
  • (11) Was it the boisterous intrusion of her tone, the inexcusability of the phrase "lonely only", or the idea of strapping on skates as a euphemism for – what exactly?
  • (12) She described the elder Trump as “very, very difficult … loud and boisterous” and someone Trump was eager to impress.
  • (13) In a format that was three parts talkshow to one part gameshow, the candidates faced probing inquiries as well as random questions pulled from sealed envelopes as they sat almost knee-to-knee with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in front of a boisterous campus audience.
  • (14) The crowds are boisterous, desperate even, and the umpire tells them to shut it.
  • (15) Several attitudes toward this widespread adolescent behaviour are now current--and often in conflict--in our society, including viewing teenage intoxication as a symptom of problem drinking, a warning signal of future alcoholism, a reflection of cultural norms and social changes, and an expression of youthful boisterousness.
  • (16) Tonight we have made a little bit of history,” the white-haired Sanders said at a podium positioned between Wisconsin and United States flags at the outset of his hourlong speech before a boisterous crowd.
  • (17) By the end, the boisterous corner of Evertonians were crowing that his job was in danger.
  • (18) The giant banner unveiled before kickoff on the fondo sur , where Madrid’s most boisterous fans congregate, read: “ Juntos No Hay Imposibles ” (translation: “Together Nothing is Impossible”).
  • (19) On one side it said “Tired doctors make mistakes” and on the other “New contract – DNR.” The mood at the rally, just off Pall Mall, was defiant, boisterous and determined, though interspersed with noisy chants of “Hunt must go, Hunt must go” and “BMA, BMA, BMA”, in support of the organisation Hunt is trying to separate them from.
  • (20) There is a sports room, a little boisterous like a dressing room up and down the country.

Rowdy


Definition:

  • (n.) One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
  • (2) Sure enough, the rowdy crowd in the Fox News audience gave him a lusty boo - the loudest of a rambunctious night and maybe of the entire primary season so far - while Gingrich called him "utterly irrational" for questioning the manner of Bin Laden's killing.
  • (3) On Sunday rowdy crowds, waving Chinese flags, surrounded the government’s headquarters in a show of support for Beijing’s unprecedented decision, criticised by pro-democracy activists and legal experts as a massive blow to Hong Kong’s judicial independence.
  • (4) Chile, backed by their rousing and rowdy red sea of fans, knew they needed to win because of Holland’s superior goal difference.
  • (5) It's not a rowdy place – think the cocktail cognoscenti trading tales over Rolling Stones classics – so come to expand your palate (but squeeze your wallet!).
  • (6) "I went to see Brazil play Sweden in the Silverdome in Detroit in 1994 and despite the presence of rowdy Brazilians, the atmosphere was flat.
  • (7) He had absolute control of a very rowdy crowd without pandering to them at all, and was so delightfully silly that it actually turned them into a pleasant bunch of people.
  • (8) Yesterday, the first session back after half-term break (rowdiness isn't the only thing that makes parliament seem like school), David Cameron welcomed the fact that Miliband had adopted a consensual style: "I thought I might miss Punch and Judy, but this is refreshing!"
  • (9) As he watched the rowdy march pass, Jason Rose cheered in support.
  • (10) Lord Justice Leveson joined in, like the headmaster walking in on a rowdy classroom.
  • (11) In Fairplay we passed up the grill at McCall’s Park Bar – a rowdy tavern packed with hunters and cowboys – in favour of spaghetti at the Valiton Hotel .
  • (12) It is two minutes from the nearest bus stop but the drunks and rowdies never seemed to find it.
  • (13) The chants ranged from innocuous (drinking beer and not wanting to return to work on Monday) to sexist, to outright racist (“I’d rather be a Paki than a grass”), in particular directed towards someone who I can only assume contacted the train manager in relation to the rowdy behaviour of the fans.” Another witness, who wished to remain anonymous, said the fans were not wearing Chelsea colours but were chanting “about how they’d just won the League Cup and how they’re top of the league”.
  • (14) The funniest heckle I’ve ever had At a chain comedy club notorious for rowdy stags and hens, a group of 14 stags decided to turn my set into a Q&A session.
  • (15) The secret service's reputation for rowdy behaviour was reinforced in April 2012 in the runup to Obama's visit to the Caribbean resort of Cartagena in Colombia, where 13 agents and officers were accused of carousing with female foreign nationals at a hotel where they were staying before the president's arrival.
  • (16) It’s special for us to play in this country,” said Zabaleta of the hordes of rowdy supporters that have followed them around Brazil.
  • (17) Candy Crowley, the moderator at Tuesday night's presidential debate, is coming under intense criticism from Romney supporters for the way she intervened in the rowdy dispute between the two presidential candidates over Libya .
  • (18) And the best of Phife’s verses always tended to be based in rowdy, bawdy expression.
  • (19) Until recently, Belgrade was more likely to be visited by younger travellers interrailing around Europe, looking to enjoy its rowdy nightlife, than those out for a city break.
  • (20) "I have the impression from watching Question Time that audiences have got much more rowdy in recent years.