The difference between Dead cat bounce and Rally

When used as nouns, dead cat bounce means a temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run, whereas rally means a demonstration.


Rally is also verb with the meaning: to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dead cat bounce and Rally

  1. Dead cat bounce as a noun (trading, idiomatic):

    A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.

  1. Rally as a noun:

    A demonstration; an event where people gather together to protest for or against a given cause

  2. Rally as a noun (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton):

    A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

  3. Rally as a noun (motor racing):

    An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

  4. Rally as a noun (business, trading):

    A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

  1. Rally as a verb:

    To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

  2. Rally as a verb:

    To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.

  3. Rally as a verb:

    To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.

  4. Rally as a verb (business, trading):

    To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.

  1. Rally as a verb (transitive):

    To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

  1. Rally as a noun:

    Good-humoured raillery.

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