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Fighter vs Multirole - What's the difference?

fighter | multirole |

As a noun fighter

is a person who fights, a combatant.

As an adjective multirole is

pertaining to, or serving in, many roles.

fighter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who fights, a combatant.
  • A warrior; fighting soldier.
  • A pugnacious, competitive person.
  • A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of these (Fighter-Attack or Attack aircraft) also have a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
  • A boxer or participant in any martial art.
  • (colloquial) A firefighter
  • (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
  • * 2004 , Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks (page 59)
  • Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.

    Derived terms

    * cage fighter * freedom fighter * prizefighter * (aircraft) fighter-bomber, fighter-interceptor, fighter plane, foo fighter, fighter jet, stealth fighter, strike fighter

    Anagrams

    * *

    multirole

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to, or serving in, many roles.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 7, author=Saritha Rai, title=U.S. Military Contractors Seek Deals at Bangalore Air Show, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=As part of its marketing effort, Boeing has brought in two multirole combat F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, a Chinook helicopter and the C-17 transport aircraft to show potential buyers. }}

    Synonyms

    * multifunctional