Difference between Rout and Rabble

What is the difference between Rout and Rabble?

Rout as a noun is a bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. while Rabble as a noun is a mob; collectively, commoners; a disorderly group.

Rout

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people. The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete. A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly. To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat. To search or root in the ground, as a swine. To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow. To use a router in woodworking.

Rabble

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mob; collectively, commoners; a disorderly group.

Example sentence: My guess is that people with a stereotypically conservative exclusionary stance about immigration rarely have the sense that they feel disgusted that people elsewhere in the world would want to come to the United States for better lives. Instead, there is threat by the rabble, the unwashed masses, to the American way of life.

We hope you now know whether to use Rout or Rabble in your sentence.

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