What's the difference between reel and revel?

Reel


Definition:

  • (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
  • (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
  • (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
  • (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
  • (v. t.) To roll.
  • (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
  • (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
  • (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
  • (n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If we’re waiting around for the Democratic version to sail through here, or the Republican version to sail through here, all those victims who are waiting for us to do something will wait for days, months, years, forever and we won’t get anything done.” Senator Bill Nelson, whose home state of Florida is still reeling from the Orlando shooting, said he felt morally obligated to return to his constituents with results.
  • (2) There were still 25 seconds left on the clock when Vernon Davis reeled in a catch at the Baltimore nine-yard line, but San Francisco could not convert on second or third down.
  • (3) Director Gareth Edwards , who made Godzilla, introduced a tantalizing concept reel to preview the mysterious film, which is part of a series of films exploring other stories outside of the core Star Wars saga.
  • (4) Europe produced the greatest comeback in the tournament's history to reel in the US and retain the trophy.
  • (5) Hurst, still reeling, says, "It shouldn't have happened.
  • (6) DNA reeling, such as done by type I restriction-modification enzymes, is proposed to provide this special mechanism for folding.
  • (7) But I just felt like strangling him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest America’s most segregated city: the young black voters of Milwaukee There was the barber in Milwaukee, a city reeling from a succession of police shootings of black men, offended by Trump’s claim African Americans like him have “nothing to lose”.
  • (8) The surface channelling effect has been observed in GaAs (110) with REELS, which may provide a basis for localizing surface foreign atoms with ALCHEMI.
  • (9) Christine Ockrent: Elitism is Le Pen's real target In France both the socialists and conservatives are reeling.
  • (10) Lovejoy was a big deal, with X Factor-sized ratings: McShane's easygoing charisma reeled in up to 16m viewers a week.
  • (11) He reeled off his speech with the eclat of a wet firework.
  • (12) But the world's largest insurer has seen its shares plunge in recent weeks as it reels from the effects of the credit crunch.
  • (13) A pensioner is celebrating a catch of the day that’s closer to Herman Melville than Harry Ramsden’s after reeling in the biggest cod recorded to have been landed by a British angler.
  • (14) The presidential election in Honduras was heading towards a stalemate, according to the latest polls, in a country reeling from violence, poverty and the legacy of a 2009 coup.
  • (15) Now, however, the new administration of Hassan Rouhani is taking steps to open up Iran to foreigners in an effort to improve its international image after the gloomy years under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – and to bring in much-needed foreign currency to an economy reeling from years of sanctions.
  • (16) We've scored 99 goals before Sunday – that's some highlights reel to come.
  • (17) On Wattpad, 14-year-old Abby Meyer - who goes by SnowDrop07 online - is still reeling after being shortlisted for a competition judged by Margaret Atwood alongside much older competitors.
  • (18) We might not be able to do all of that at once,” she said, while reeling off a set of vanilla policy objectives by Democratic standards: healthcare reform, energy independence, new jobs, education standards and pulling troops (carefully) out of Iraq.
  • (19) Reeling, News Corp could barely give a coherent answer on Monday afternoon – but for the moment, yes, the bid is still on.
  • (20) So we looped them into the reel-to-reels and crowded round the speakers to hear what their album sounded like – but all we got was the clang of a snare drum.

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."