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Brutal vs Barbarious - What's the difference?

brutal | barbarious |

As adjectives the difference between brutal and barbarious

is that brutal is (senseid)savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel while barbarious is barbarous, barbaric.

brutal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (senseid)Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel
  • Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
  • Harsh; unrelenting
  • Disagreeably precise or penetrating
  • (music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.

    • Synonyms

    * barbaric * cold-blooded * savage * vicious

    Antonyms

    * gentle * kind

    Related terms

    * brutality * brutally * brute * brutish

    External links

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    barbarious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • barbarous, barbaric.
  • * 1776 ,
    • During that calamitous period, every instant of time was marked, every province of the Roman world was afflicted, by barbarious invaders and military tyrants, and the ruined empire seemed to approach the last and fatal moment of its dissolution.
  • * 1874 , , page 219
  • *:"Well, it seems a barbarious practice enough to us, but I daresay the natives think nothing o' it," said Matthew.
  • * 1941 , , The Colossus of Maroussi , page 143
    • The game is played out, the figures have melted away, the lines are frazzled, the board is mildewed. Everything has become barbarious again.

    Usage notes

    * Sometimes considered non-standard.