Brash vs Ruthless - What's the difference?
brash | ruthless |
impetuous or rash
insensitive or tactless
impudent or shameless
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Broken fragments of ice.
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
* 1725 , , Volume I, Bernard Lintot,
As adjectives the difference between brash and ruthless
is that brash is impetuous or rash or brash can be (us|colloquial|dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables while ruthless is without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.As a noun brash
is leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.brash
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en-adj)- (Grose)
Noun
- (Lyell)
- (Kane)
Derived terms
* water brash * weaning brashEtymology 2
Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.Adjective
(en-adj)- (Bartlett)
ruthless
English
Adjective
(wikipedia ruthless) (en adjective)page 10:
- At length their rage the ho?tile Pow’rs re?train, / All but the ruthle?s Monarch of the Main.