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Fugitive vs Shadowy - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between fugitive and shadowy

is that fugitive is fleeing or running away while shadowy is in shadow; darkened by shadows.

As a noun fugitive

is a person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution.

fugitive

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution.
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  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fleeing or running away
  • transient, fleeting or ephemeral
  • elusive or difficult to retain
  • shadowy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • In shadow; darkened by shadows.
  • He sat in a shadowy corner.
  • (of character) Dark, obscure.
  • He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
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  • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}