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assailant vs savage

savage vs assailant

assailant and savage both are nouns.

assailant is not an adjective while savage is an adjective.

assailant is not a verb while savage is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
assailant Yes No No No
savage Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, savage is a hyponym of assailant; that is, savage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assailant:
  • assailant: someone who attacks
  • savage: a cruelly rapacious person
Other hyponyms of assailant 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.
assailant (noun) savage (noun)
someone who attacks a member of an uncivilized people
a cruelly rapacious person
assailant (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
assailant (verb) savage (verb)
criticize harshly or violently
attack brutally and fiercely
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