Difference between Rejoice and Wallow

What is the difference between Rejoice and Wallow?

Rejoice as a verb is to have (someone) as a lover or spouse. while Wallow as a verb is to roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

Rejoice

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To have (someone) as a lover or spouse. To make happy, exhilarate. To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

Example sentence: Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Wallow

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Tasteless, flat.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.To roll; especially, to roll in anything defiling or unclean, as a hog might do to dust its body to relieve the distress of insect biting or cool its body with mud.To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.To wither; to fade.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of wallowing.A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow.A kind of rolling walk.

Example sentence: There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

We hope you now know whether to use Rejoice or Wallow in your sentence.

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