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Assailant vs Fighter - What's the difference?

assailant | fighter |

As nouns the difference between assailant and fighter

is that assailant is someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker while fighter is a person who fights, a combatant.

As an adjective assailant

is assailing; attacking.

assailant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.
  • (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Assailing; attacking.
    • (Milton)

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    fighter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who fights, a combatant.
  • A warrior; fighting soldier.
  • A pugnacious, competitive person.
  • A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of these (Fighter-Attack or Attack aircraft) also have a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
  • A boxer or participant in any martial art.
  • (colloquial) A firefighter
  • (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
  • * 2004 , Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks (page 59)
    • Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.

    Derived terms

    * cage fighter * freedom fighter * prizefighter * (aircraft) fighter-bomber, fighter-interceptor, fighter plane, foo fighter, fighter jet, stealth fighter, strike fighter

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