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Disloyal vs Renegade - What's the difference?

disloyal | renegade |

As an adjective disloyal

is without loyalty; faithless, traitorous.

As a noun renegade is

an outlaw or rebel.

disloyal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • without loyalty; faithless, traitorous.
  • * 1623 , , Act i, scene 1,
    • O disloyal thing, That shouldst repair my youth, thou heap'st A year's age on me.

    Related terms

    * disloyalty * disloyally

    renegade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outlaw or rebel.
  • A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (disloyal person) apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat