bacchanalia vs riot

bacchanalia and riot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacchanalia	Yes	No	No	No
riot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bacchanalia and riot are synonyms defined as:

bacchanalia and riot: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Other synonyms of bacchanalia include bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, saturnalia.

bacchanalia (noun)	riot (noun)
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity	a public act of violence by an unruly mob
	a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
	a joke that seems extremely funny
	a state of disorder involving group violence

bacchanalia (verb)	riot (verb)
	take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot
	engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking