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assailant vs brute

brute vs assailant

assailant and brute both are nouns.

assailant is not an adjective while brute is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
assailant Yes No No No
brute Yes Yes No No
As nouns, brute is a hyponym of assailant; that is, brute is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assailant:
  • assailant: someone who attacks
  • brute: a cruelly rapacious person
Other hyponyms of assailant 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.
assailant (noun) brute (noun)
someone who attacks a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a cruelly rapacious person
assailant (adjective) brute (adjective)
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
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