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aggressor vs savage

savage vs aggressor

aggressor and savage both are nouns.

aggressor is not an adjective while savage is an adjective.

aggressor is not a verb while savage is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
aggressor Yes No No No
savage Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, savage is a hyponym of aggressor; that is, savage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aggressor:
  • aggressor: someone who attacks
  • savage: a cruelly rapacious person
Other hyponyms of aggressor include ambusher, avenger, retaliator, beast, brute, 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) savage (noun)
someone who attacks a member of an uncivilized people
a confident assertive person who acts as instigator a cruelly rapacious person
aggressor (adjective) savage (adjective)
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
without civilizing influences
marked by extreme and violent energy
wild and menacing
aggressor (verb) savage (verb)
criticize harshly or violently
attack brutally and fiercely
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