pugilist vs gladiator

gladiator vs pugilist

pugilist and gladiator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pugilist	Yes	No	No	No
gladiator	Yes	No	No	No

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

pugilist: someone who fights with his fists for sport
gladiator: a professional boxer

Other hyponyms of pugilist include bantamweight, slogger, slugger, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, junior featherweight, junior lightweight, junior middleweight, junior welterweight, light flyweight, light heavyweight, light middleweight, lightweight, light welterweight, middleweight, prizefighter, puncher, sparring mate, sparring partner, palooka, stumblebum, super heavyweight, welterweight.

pugilist (noun)	gladiator (noun)
someone who fights with his fists for sport	(ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
	a professional boxer

Difference between pugilist and gladiator

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.