Cutthroat vs Backstab - What's the difference?
cutthroat | backstab |
A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
Involving the cutting of throats
Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.
As a noun cutthroat
is a murderer who slits the throats of his victims.As an adjective cutthroat
is involving the cutting of throats.As a verb backstab is
to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens (as if stabbing them in the back) see backbite.cutthroat
English
(wikipedia cutthroat)Alternative forms
* cut-throatNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
- Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.