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pillager vs pirate

pirate vs pillager

pillager and pirate both are nouns.

pillager is not a verb while pirate is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pillager Yes No No No
pirate Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pirate is a hyponym of pillager; that is, pirate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pillager:
  • pillager: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
  • pirate: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
Other hyponyms of pillager include buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover.
pillager (noun) pirate (noun)
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) a ship that is manned by pirates
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
pillager (verb) pirate (verb)
take arbitrarily or by force
copy illegally; of published material
Difference between pillager and pirate

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