scumbag vs skunk

scumbag and skunk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scumbag	Yes	No	No	No
skunk	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, scumbag and skunk are synonyms defined as:

scumbag and skunk: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Other synonyms of scumbag include bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot.

scumbag (noun)	skunk (noun)
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible	American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
	street names for marijuana
	a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

scumbag (verb)	skunk (verb)
	defeat by a lurch