Enemy vs Attacker - What's the difference?
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Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
An alliance of such forces.
Something harmful or threatening to another
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Someone who attacks.
* 1981 , Del Martin, Battered Wives (page 90)
* 2011 , James M. Stewart, CompTIA Security+ Review Guide: Exam SY0-301 (page 133)
(soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
Enemy is a related term of attacker.
As nouns the difference between enemy and attacker
is that enemy is someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else while attacker is someone who attacks.As an adjective enemy
is of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.enemy
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Noun
(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy !
- rally together against a common enemy .
- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.
Synonyms
* foe * unfriend * adversary * nemesis * backfriendAntonyms
* ally * friendDerived terms
{{der3, archenemy , enemydom , enemyful , enemyhood , enemyish , enemyless , enemylike , enemyness , enemyship , enemywise}}See also
* nemesisStatistics
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English
Noun
(en noun)- expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
- In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker .