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tough vs combatant

combatant vs tough

tough and combatant both are nouns.

tough and combatant both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tough Yes Yes No No
combatant Yes Yes No No
As nouns, combatant is a hypernym of tough; that is, combatant is a word with a broader meaning than tough:
  • tough: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
  • combatant: someone who fights (or is fighting)
Other hypernyms of tough include battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper.
tough (noun) combatant (noun)
an aggressive and violent young criminal someone who fights (or is fighting)
a cruel and brutal fellow
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
tough (adjective) combatant (adjective)
resistant to cutting or chewing engaging in or ready for combat
physically toughened
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
unfortunate or hard to bear
substantially made or constructed
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
violent and lawless
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Difference between tough and combatant

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