mercenary

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and mercenary

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

As an adjective mercenary is

motivated by private gain.

As nouns the difference between sniper and mercenary

is that sniper is a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position while mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

As an adjective mercenary is

motivated by private gain.

As nouns the difference between mercenary and mercenarian

is that mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain while mercenarian is (obsolete) a mercenary.

As an adjective mercenary

is motivated by private gain.

As nouns the difference between mercenary and condottiere

is that mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain while condottiere is a mercenary military leader from 14th century italy and later in other parts of europe.

As an adjective mercenary

is motivated by private gain.

As adjectives the difference between mercenary and nonmercenary

is that mercenary is motivated by private gain while nonmercenary is not mercenary.

As a noun mercenary

is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.

As nouns the difference between mercenary and mercenariness

is that mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain while mercenariness is the state or condition of being mercenary.

As an adjective mercenary

is motivated by private gain.

As nouns the difference between mercenary and antiheroine

is that mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain while antiheroine is (literature|gaming) a female protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals; a female antihero.

As an adjective mercenary

is motivated by private gain.

As nouns the difference between mercenary and merc

is that mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain while Merc is a Mercedes car.

As an adjective mercenary

is motivated by private gain.

As nouns the difference between mercenary and gallowglass

is that mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain while gallowglass is a mercenary warrior among gaelic-norse clans residing in the western isles of scotland and scottish highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century.

As an adjective mercenary

is motivated by private gain.