Miscreant vs Delinquents - What's the difference?
miscreant | delinquents |
Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
(theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.
One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
(theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
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As nouns the difference between miscreant and delinquents
is that miscreant is one who has behaved badly, or illegally while delinquents is .As an adjective miscreant
is lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.miscreant
English
Alternative forms
* miscreaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
- (Addison)
- (Spenser)
- (De Quincey)
- Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants , but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.