tough vs scrapper

scrapper vs tough

tough and scrapper both are nouns.

tough is an adjective but scrapper is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tough	Yes	Yes	No	No
scrapper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scrapper is a hypernym of tough; that is, scrapper 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
scrapper: someone who fights (or is fighting)

Other hypernyms of tough include battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter.

tough (noun)	scrapper (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)	scrapper (adjective)
resistant to cutting or chewing
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

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