revelry vs debauchery

debauchery vs revelry

revelry and debauchery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
revelry	Yes	No	No	No
debauchery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, debauchery is a hyponym of revelry; that is, debauchery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than revelry:

revelry: unrestrained merrymaking
debauchery: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Other hyponyms of revelry include binge, bout, bust, tear, bender, booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia, whoopee.

revelry (noun)	debauchery (noun)
unrestrained merrymaking	a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Difference between revelry and debauchery

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