Fighter vs Nimrod - What's the difference?
fighter | nimrod |
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)
(chiefly, US, informal, pejorative) A silly or foolish person; An idiot.
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As nouns the difference between fighter and nimrod
is that fighter is a person who fights, a combatant while nimrod is (chiefly|us|informal|pejorative) a silly or foolish person; an idiot.fighter
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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 fighterAnagrams
* *nimrod
English
Noun
(en noun)- Don't stick your fingers in the fan, you nimrod !
Synonyms
* (pejorative term meaning idiot ): doofus, fathead, lamebrain, numbskull * See alsoReferences
What exactly is a Nimrod?*
The American Heritage Dictionary – nimrodEnglish eponyms