revel vs celebrate
celebrate vs revelrevel is a noun but celebrate is not a noun.
revel and celebrate both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| revel | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| celebrate | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
celebrate is a hypernym of
revel; that is, celebrate is a
word with a broader meaning than revel:
- revel: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
- celebrate: have a celebration
Other hypernyms of revel include
fete.
| revel (noun) | celebrate (noun) |
|---|---|
| unrestrained merrymaking |
| revel (verb) | celebrate (verb) |
|---|---|
| take delight in | have a celebration |
| celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | behave as expected during of holidays or rites |
| assign great social importance to |
Words related to "revel"
- bacchanal
- bacchanalia
- bender
- binge
- booze-up
- bout
- bust
- carousal
- carouse
- celebrate
- consume
- conviviality
- debauch
- debauchery
- delight
- deplete
- drunken revelry
- eat
- eat up
- enjoy
- exhaust
- expend
- fete
- geek out
- have a ball
- have a good time
- jollification
- jollify
- live it up
- make happy
- make merry
- make whoopee
- merrymaking
- orgy
- racket
- reveller
- revelry
- riot
- roister
- run through
- saturnalia
- tear
- toot
- use
- use up
- wallow
- wassail
- whoop it up
- whoopee
- wipe out
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