Stir and Storm

Stir

Stir noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
Usage example: the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic

Storm is a synonym for stir. In some cases you can use "Storm" instead a noun "Stir".

Nearby Words: stirring, stirred

Storm

Storm noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
Usage example: a few minutes of calm before the storm, when the store would open its doors on the busiest day of the year

Stir is a synonym for storm in outburst topic. Sometimes you can use "Stir" instead a noun "Storm", if it concerns topics such as commotion.

Nearby Words: stormy, storming, stormed

How words are described

enormous enormous stir enormous storm
huge huge stir huge storm
major major stir major storm

Common collocations

series stir series storm series
way stir way storm way
world stir world storm world
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