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Hellcat vs Vixen - What's the difference?

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Vixen is a synonym of hellcat.



As nouns the difference between hellcat and vixen

is that hellcat is witch while vixen is a female fox.

hellcat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Witch.
  • A violent person (especially a woman).

    • References

    Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

    Anagrams

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    vixen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female fox.
  • A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
  • * 1859: , . Adam Bede : page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999:
    • . . . and if Solomon was as wise as he is reputed to be, I feel sure that when he compared a contentious woman to a contiunal dropping on a very rainy day, he had not a vixen in his eye–a fury with long nails, acrid and selfish.
  • (colloquial) A racy or salacious woman.

    • Synonyms

    * (female fox) female fox * bitch, virago, she-devil, hellcat * (racy or salacious woman) fox, sex kitten, nymphomaniac, vamp

    Hypernyms

    * (female fox) fox