head-shrinker vs savage

savage vs head-shrinker

head-shrinker and savage both are nouns.

head-shrinker is not an adjective while savage is an adjective.

head-shrinker is not a verb while savage is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
head-shrinker	Yes	No	No	No
savage	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, savage is a hypernym of head-shrinker; that is, savage is a word with a broader meaning than head-shrinker:

head-shrinker: a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
savage: a member of an uncivilized people

Other hypernyms of head-shrinker include barbarian.

head-shrinker (noun)	savage (noun)
a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies	a member of an uncivilized people
a physician who specializes in psychiatry	a cruelly rapacious person

head-shrinker (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

head-shrinker (verb)	savage (verb)
	criticize harshly or violently
	attack brutally and fiercely

Difference between head-shrinker and savage

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