What's the difference between rally and taunt?

Rally


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
  • (v. i.) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
  • (v. i.) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
  • (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
  • (n.) The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
  • (n.) A political mass meeting.
  • (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.
  • (v. i.) To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
  • (n.) Good-humored raillery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It’s the same story over and over.” Children’s author Philip Ardagh , who told the room he once worked as an “unprofessional librarian” in Lewisham, said: “Closing down a library is like filing off the end of a swordfish’s nose: pointless.” 'Speak up before there's nothing left': authors rally for National Libraries Day Read more “Today proves that support for public libraries comes from all walks of life and it’s not rocket science to work out why.
  • (2) His words earned a stinging rebuke from first lady Michelle Obama , but at a Friday rally in North Carolina he said of one accuser, Jessica Leeds: “Yeah, I’m gonna go after you.
  • (3) 'This is the upside of the downside': Women's March finds hope in defiance Read more As thousands gathered for the afternoon rally and march, Trump tweeted his solidarity with their action.
  • (4) Now is the time to rally behind him and show a solid front to Iran and the world.” Political scientists call this the “rally round the flag effect”, and there are two schools of thought for why it happens, according to the scholars Marc J Hetherington and Michael Nelson.
  • (5) However, financial markets seem unconcerned: 10-year gilts have rallied since the statement.
  • (6) Authorities in most cities – from Chita in Siberia to Makhachkala in Dagestan – denied permission for the rallies.
  • (7) The early evening clashes brought a dramatic end to a day that had started off with three large funeral rallies through the suburbs of Manama.
  • (8) Souweine said the group hoped to expand to New Hampshire, where Romney plans to hold his final rally on Monday, or to North Carolina.
  • (9) The refreshing aspect of the success of this campaign was that a grassroots movement started in the community, rallied widespread support including academics, artists and politicians, and took control of deciding what constitutes racism and the bounds of acceptability.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A mass rally on the fourth day after the election.
  • (11) Graphic photos of Said's injuries circulated online and became a rallying cause for activists opposed to Egypt's 29-year-old emergency law, which suspends many basic civil liberties and provides effective immunity for the security services before the courts.
  • (12) An image depicting the British prime minister, David Cameron, is held by a protester during a rally at the former test drill site operated by Cuadrilla Resources in Balcombe.
  • (13) You literally never see that at political rallies, though obviously at Tea Party ones they are there all the time."
  • (14) Kerry, however, has called on Egypt to respect the right of peaceful protest, including pro-Morsi rallies.
  • (15) Despite a lack of traditional campaign organization, a mix of big rallies and constant appearances on cable news helped Trump defeat what had been described as the strongest field in Republican history.
  • (16) On Tuesday, Romney had one event, a speech to the National Guard Association convention in Reno, Nev. And on the day before that, another single rally, in Mansfield, Ohio.
  • (17) A similar rally in 2007 is widely credited with spurring on Malaysia's opposition movement, which won a landslide victory in the 2008 elections.
  • (18) 4.28pm ET: Oh hey, Fox News finds time in its busy schedule to cover the rally.
  • (19) With the Tories enjoying a persistent lead in the polls, the prime minister launched Labour's "Blair-plus" manifesto with a rallying cry to the party.
  • (20) It stated that, at the Place du Canada rally, prime minister Pierre Trudeau pleaded with Quebecers to vote no.

Taunt


Definition:

  • (a.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
  • (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
  • (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Brown made mincemeat of a succession of shadow chancellors, taunting them with the contrast between the strong growth and healthy public finances under Labour and the humiliation visited upon John Major's government on Black Wednesday.
  • (2) In his keynote speech in Manchester , Ed Miliband taunted the prime minister for lying awake at night worrying not about the future of the United Kingdom but rather the United Kingdom Independence party.
  • (3) Like her bolder aunt Marine, the timid Maréchal-Le Pen complained that she suffered greatly from taunts at school that her grandad was a “fascist”.
  • (4) Moreover, are schoolchildren thoughtlessly taunting each other with slang such as: "That's just straight"?
  • (5) So it will have been a wrench for Jez, and his embattled entourage, to have to “cave in”, as the Guardian’s report put it, and suspend the MP from the party after David Cameron (who really should leave the rough stuff to the rough end of the trade) had taunted him at PMQs for not acting sooner when the Guido Fawkes blog republished her ugly comments and the Mail on Sunday got out its trumpet.
  • (6) The first task of the new government was to allay those fears, to reassure the 27 that when Farage turned up at the European parliamen t after the referendum, like a drunk taunting an ex-wife at a cocktail party, he did not speak for Britain.
  • (7) One detainee I spoke to told me of racist taunting and abuse by guards, and boredom.
  • (8) I’ve got no doubt that some of these people in Abbott’s government hope that something goes wrong domestically – that they can taunt a Muslim into doing something,” he said.
  • (9) Gerrard had been mercilessly taunted again by Chelsea’s supporters and he had played as if determined to turn the volume down.
  • (10) From violence to verbal taunts, abusive dating behavior is pervasive among America’s adolescents, according to a new, federally funded survey.
  • (11) The internet activist group Anonymous has responded to Twitter taunts from the Ku Klux Klan by taking over its US Twitter account.
  • (12) The colossal tarpaulin roof had actually been opened and closed regularly throughout the day, as if taunting those fans who could not attend the rescheduled game, as the locals sought to dry the surface so there was an irony this game kicked off with autumnal sunshine pouring through the concourse under the canopy.
  • (13) Although much of the abuse centred on the taunts about the children's disabilities, police failed to recognise it as a hate crime rather than simple antisocial behaviour, which would have made it a far higher priority.
  • (14) But more serious trouble flared at the site of a burned convenience store where dozens of youths, some with covered faces, ripped up street signs and taunted police.
  • (15) She said she refuses to let anyone inside the room, and sweeps it for cameras and “booby traps.” She said she is taunted daily about the videos, which are still online.
  • (16) If that pattern is repeated, Labour will be taunted over 2008 in the elections of 2020, 2025 and 2030.
  • (17) The video appeared to show vulnerable residents being pinned down, slapped, doused in water and taunted.
  • (18) Convoys that try to get out of here must run the gauntlet of taunting Christian mobs.
  • (19) He was one of the greatest defenders of his era, and one of the most taunted.
  • (20) So the decision by Ed Miliband to face down Tory taunts of being the party of welfare and launch Labour's conference last weekend with a pledge to ban the hated cut is a welcome recognition of its human costs.