attacker vs tough

tough vs attacker

attacker and tough both are nouns.

attacker is not an adjective while tough is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attacker	Yes	No	No	No
tough	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

attacker: someone who attacks
tough: a cruel and brutal fellow

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

attacker (noun)	tough (noun)
someone who attacks	an aggressive and violent young criminal
	a cruel and brutal fellow
	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

attacker (adjective)	tough (adjective)
	resistant to cutting or chewing
	physically toughened
	not given to gentleness or sentimentality
	unfortunate or hard to bear
	substantially made or constructed
	feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
	violent and lawless
	very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

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