What's the difference between rebel and revel?

Rebel


Definition:

  • (v. i.) Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
  • (n.) One who rebels.
  • (v. i.) To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
  • (v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nearly four months into the conflict, rebels control large parts of eastern Libya , the coastal city of Misrata, and a string of towns in the western mountains, near the border with Tunisia.
  • (2) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
  • (3) said Wanis Kilani, a uniformed rebel driving a pickup truck with a machine-gun mounted on the back.
  • (4) But Zambelis added: "Whatever rebel government emerges, China already has a place in the country business-wise.
  • (5) Rebels have accused regional powers of becoming involved in the fighting, including Angola and Zimbabwe, while the government believes Rwanda has been aiding the militias.
  • (6) At one, in the Gun and Dog pub in Leeds on Tuesday, a witness described how the meeting descended into chaos when one of the rebels smashed a glass and threatened to attack Griffin supporter Mark Collett.
  • (7) Somalia has faced drought; famine; decades of conflict, now involving the Islamist rebels of al-Shabaab among other groups; the absence of an effective, central authority; and spiralling food prices.
  • (8) The Saudi-led war in Yemen launched in March – against Houthi rebels who the Saudis insist are backed by Iran – has diverted resources and underlined the priority being given to the Gulf’s unstable and impoverished backyard.
  • (9) There were numerous reports of looting and tampering with evidence, although rebel authorities angrily denied them.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An armoured vehicle manned by pro-Russian rebels leaves Donetsk in the direction of the MH17 crash site.
  • (11) Since Yemeni militia backed by Saudi airstrikes retook the port city from Houthi rebels in July last year , Aden was officially back in government control but largely dependent on other countries for its security.
  • (12) Monuc was not able to prevent the siege of Bukavu by rebel commanders in 2004 or to counter threats posed by the Rwandan FDLR militia or Laurent Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the Congolese People (CNDP) rebellion.
  • (13) Rebels succeeded in hitting one of the helicopters with a Tow missile, forcing it to make an emergency landing.
  • (14) The Syrian government also hit rebel-held areas with air strikes on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
  • (15) Rebelling by dabbling in drink, fags, sex – the list goes on – is part of growing up.
  • (16) Britain is being urged to halt the supply of weapons to its ally Saudi Arabia in the light of evidence that civilians are being killed in Saudi-led attacks on rebel forces in Yemen .
  • (17) Ukraine map An aide to Ukraine's interior minister posted on Facebook that rebels had begun surrendering in some areas of Kiev's "anti-terrorist operation", and the newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda reported that some rebels were asking for a corridor to put down their arms and leave areas surrounded by government forces.
  • (18) Tehran might also decide to retaliate by stepping up military support for Houthi Shia rebels in Yemen, who are fighting a Saudi-led alliance.
  • (19) Kiev said the rebels carried out the attacks themselves, with the prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk calling it an act of “Russian terrorism”.
  • (20) Tallents's two children haven't exactly rebelled and joined the navy; one is involved in direct action, but he has chosen climate change.

Revel


Definition:

  • (n.) See Reveal.
  • (v. i.) A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
  • (v. i.) To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
  • (v. i.) To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
  • (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Obama conceded that the revelations had caused trust in the US to plunge around the world.
  • (2) The revelations did not alter the huge body of evidence from a variety of scientific fields that supports the conclusion that modern climate change is caused largely by human activity, Ward said.
  • (3) And you’re doing it three weeks after the initial revelations, and only when your position is obviously under threat and with a no confidence motion in your position as Speaker looming.
  • (4) Gilmore added that the revelations couldcompromise Irish attempts to win further debt relief from the European Union.
  • (5) Hopefully the revelations here help those inside and outside the party to clear the air and decide their own next move.
  • (6) It was intended, however, as a response to more radical reforms proposed by congressman Justin Amash, a Republican from Michigan, and is likely to have relatively limited impact on the NSA's ability to collect data on US citizens through incidental means, the so-called backdoor provisions , which was seen as a bigger threat as Snowden's revelations continued.
  • (7) • The Spanish government has warned the US that revelations of widespread spying by the National Security Agency could, if confirmed, “ lead to a breakdown in the traditional trust ” between the two countries.
  • (8) However, in a demonstration of the intense secrecy surrounding NSA surveillance even after Edward Snowden's revelations, the senators claimed they could not publicly identify the allegedly misleading section or sections of a factsheet without compromising classified information.
  • (9) Nike's latest CSR report is a revelation for the amount of information they give."
  • (10) Sir Martin Sorrell , the chief executive of WPP, has said businesses continue to underestimate the importance the Edward Snowden's NSA electronic surveillance revelations have had on consumer attitudes to privacy and security.
  • (11) The revelation of the increase comes after the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and a host of senior doctors warned Theresa May in a letter that hospitals are “paralysed by spiralling demand” and the NHS “will fail” without an emergency cash injection.
  • (12) Snowden’s revelations have again framed the debate over the balance between our privacy rights and our need for security.
  • (13) Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott said on Twitter that he will write to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt demanding that he block News Corp's bid to take full control of pay-TV company BSkyB following the revelations about Dowler.
  • (14) The fact that Fraser suggested Pinter write one of the pivotal scenes, in which Emma challenges Jerry to leave his wife, was a revelation, he says.
  • (15) What did us in here, what worked against us was this shocking revelation,” Clapper said .
  • (16) Couple this with the revelation that degrees might not even be worth the investment, and the sense of betrayal from those who have already graduated risks spilling over.
  • (17) Policy change after Snowden leaks EFF also found that the Snowden revelations about government surveillance of data have prompted technology companies to increase their protection of user data.
  • (18) If the president and Congress would simply obey the fourth amendment, this new shocking revelation that the government is now spying on citizens' phone data en masse would never have happened.
  • (19) A spokeswoman for the Guardian said the revelation of the US-UK correspondence on the destruction was disappointing.
  • (20) Updated at 8.30pm GMT 8.18pm GMT Clapper says NSA has spent thousands of man-hours cleaning up after the Snowden revelations , which he calls "a major distraction."