revolt vs appal

revolt is a noun but appal is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
revolt	Yes	No	Yes	No
appal	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, appal is a hyponym of revolt; that is, appal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than revolt:

Other hyponyms of revolt include appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock.

revolt (noun)	appal (noun)
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

revolt (verb)	appal (verb)
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of	strike with disgust or revulsion
fill with distaste	fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
make revolution