brute vs scavenger

scavenger vs brute

brute and scavenger both are nouns.

brute is an adjective but scavenger is not an adjective.

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

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

brute: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
scavenger: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter

Other hyponyms of brute include pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

brute (noun)	scavenger (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
a cruelly rapacious person	someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
	a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

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

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