Difference between Turbulent and Tumultuous

What is the difference between Turbulent and Tumultuous?

Turbulent as an adjective is violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous while Tumultuous as an adjective is noisy and disorderly

Turbulent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest

Example sentence: And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.

Tumultuous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Noisy and disorderlyCausing tumult

Example sentence: According to String Theory, what appears to be empty space is actually a tumultuous ocean of strings vibrating at the precise frequencies that create the 4 dimensions you and I call height, width, depth and time.

We hope you now know whether to use Turbulent or Tumultuous in your sentence.

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