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savage vs vicious

vicious vs savage

savage is a noun but vicious is not a noun.

savage and vicious both are adjectives.

savage is a verb but vicious is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
savage Yes Yes Yes No
vicious No Yes No No
As adjectives, savage and vicious are synonyms defined as:
  • savage and vicious: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Other synonyms of savage include barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod.
savage (noun) vicious (noun)
a member of an uncivilized people
a cruelly rapacious person
savage (adjective) vicious (adjective)
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
without civilizing influences marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
marked by extreme and violent energy having the nature of vice
wild and menacing bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
savage (verb) vicious (verb)
criticize harshly or violently
attack brutally and fiercely
Difference between savage and vicious

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