Insurrection vs. Sedition

Insurrectionnoun

A violent uprising of part or all of a national population against the government or other authority; a mutiny; a rebellion.

Insurrectionnoun

A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.

Insurrectionnoun

A rising in mass to oppose an enemy.

Insurrectionnoun

organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Seditionnoun

Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.

Seditionnoun

Insurrection or rebellion.

Seditionnoun

The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.

Seditionnoun

Dissension; division; schism.

Seditionnoun

an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

Sedition

Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, established authority.