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Cutthroat vs Fierce - What's the difference?

cutthroat | fierce |

As adjectives the difference between cutthroat and fierce

is that cutthroat is involving the cutting of throats while fierce is extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage.

As a noun cutthroat

is a murderer who slits the throats of his victims.

cutthroat

English

(wikipedia cutthroat)

Alternative forms

* cut-throat

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
    • He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
  • Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
    • Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.

    fierce

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage.
    • A fierce storm battered the coast.
  • Resolute or strenuously active.
    • We made a fierce attempt to escape.
  • Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
    • The lion gave a fierce roar.
  • (slang, Ireland, rural) very, excellent.
    • It was fierce cold.
    Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce !"
  • (slang, US) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.
    • Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce .

    Derived terms

    * something fierce

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