aggressor vs brute

brute vs aggressor

aggressor and brute both are nouns.

aggressor is not an adjective while brute is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aggressor	Yes	No	No	No
brute	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, brute is a hyponym of aggressor; that is, brute is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aggressor:

aggressor: someone who attacks
brute: a cruelly rapacious person

Other hyponyms of aggressor include ambusher, avenger, retaliator, beast, savage, wildcat, wolf, bludgeoner, bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo, harasser, harrier, iconoclast, marauder, piranha, predator, vulture, night rider, nightrider, raper, rapist, shedder, spiller, slasher, stabber, lapidator, stoner.

aggressor (noun)	brute (noun)
someone who attacks	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a confident assertive person who acts as instigator	a cruelly rapacious person

aggressor (adjective)	brute (adjective)
	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

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