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Desperado vs Rustler - What's the difference?

desperado | rustler |

As nouns the difference between desperado and rustler

is that desperado is a bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the wild west while rustler is one who rustles; a cattle thief.

desperado

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
  • *1850 , (Thomas Carlyle), (Latter-Day Pamphlets)'', ''The present time
    • The kind of persons who excite or give signal to — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes , acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.
  • *1918 , (Willa Cather), (My Antonia) , Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 6
  • *:Surely this was the face of a desperado .
  • (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.

    • rustler

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rustler) (en noun)
  • One who rustles; a cattle thief.
  • A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances.
  • (US, slang, Western US, dated) An alert, energetic, driving person.

    • Synonyms

    * abactor