fighter vs tough

tough vs fighter

fighter and tough both are nouns.

fighter is not an adjective while tough is an adjective.

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

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

fighter: someone who fights (or is fighting)
tough: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

Other hyponyms of fighter include defender, withstander, boxer, pugilist, brawler, butter, fencer, swordsman, gladiator, gouger, gamecock, hell-kite, hell-rooster, mauler, skirmisher, street fighter, master, superior, victor, grappler, matman, wrestler.

fighter (noun)	tough (noun)
a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air	an aggressive and violent young criminal
someone who fights (or is fighting)	a cruel and brutal fellow
someone who fights for a cause	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

fighter (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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