Answer: hi there ok so the diffrence is small but there is one.
insurrection is a violent uprising against an authority or government. and protesting is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations.
Explanation:
insurrection is more violent and has the intent of being so they want change and won't take no for an answer and protesting is when you disapprove and start some sort of movement to change the thing you are protesting for, protesting is not nessaserly supposed to be violent but can gradually change violent.
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