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stir up vs roil

roil vs stir up

stir up and roil both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stir up No No Yes No
roil No No Yes No
As verbs, roil is a hyponym of stir up; that is, roil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stir up:
  • stir up: change the arrangement or position of
  • roil: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
Other hyponyms of stir up include beat, scramble, toss, rile, poke.
stir up (verb) roil (verb)
provoke or stir up make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
change the arrangement or position of be agitated
arouse or excite feelings and passions
try to stir up public opinion
Difference between stir up and roil

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