What's the difference between rebel and terrorist?

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.

Terrorist


Definition:

  • (n.) One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
  • (2) Northern Ireland will not be dragged back by terrorists who have nothing but misery to offer."
  • (3) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
  • (4) The citizenship debate is tawdry, conflated and ultimately pointless | Richard Ackland Read more On Wednesday, the prime minister criticised lawyers for backing terrorists.
  • (5) To do so degrades the language of war and aids the terrorist enemy.
  • (6) Which brings us to the next fundamental question: Was it a terrorist attack?
  • (7) Both of these bills include restrictions on moving terrorists into our country.” The White House quickly confirmed the president would have to sign the legislation but denied this meant that its upcoming plan for closing Guantánamo was, in the words of one reporter, “dead on arrival”.
  • (8) Terrorist groups need to be tackled at root, interdicting flows of weapons and finance, exposing the shallowness of their claims, channelling their followers into democratic politics.
  • (9) In an interview with Channel 4 News he said they had to be careful not to act as a communications platform for terrorists.
  • (10) He regarded civilians who "harboured terrorists" as legitimate targets.
  • (11) The American paper claimed Mr Jameel's company was one of a number of organisations being monitored at the request of law enforcement agencies, to prevent funds being channelled to terrorist organisations, a claim that turned out to be untrue.
  • (12) We encountered terrorists who wanted to kill us and we did everything we could to prevent unnecessary injury."
  • (13) We will together face the terrorist menace,” said Jean-Claude Juncker , president of the European commission, whose headquarters lie just a few hundred metres from the metro.
  • (14) [The] execution was ordered by the IS terrorists,” it says.
  • (15) The pair arrived back in the office shortly before 6pm, as reports that the incident was a terrorist attack began to gain traction.
  • (16) Obama said that amid the febrile focus on the shooter’s terrorist radicalization, the fact should not be forgotten that he had targeted a gay nightclub.
  • (17) There was already simmering anger over the deaths of civilians in US drone attacks aimed at alleged terrorists inside Pakistan and over an incident in February in which a CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, shot dead two men on the street in Lahore he said were trying to rob him.
  • (18) The committee's report also said it was concerned about decisions to grant asylum to people "who later emerge to be involved with terrorist activity".
  • (19) And an increasing number of critics say that no nuclear weapon would be a credible deterrent in any counter-terrorist operation British forces will be engaged in for the foreseeable future.
  • (20) For all the understandable insistence that parliament and London would continue as normal after Wednesday’s terrorist attack, almost 24 hours later a large section of streets around the area remained sealed off by police.