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Merciful vs Ruthless - What's the difference?

merciful | ruthless |

As adjectives the difference between merciful and ruthless

is that merciful is showing mercy while ruthless is without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.

merciful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • showing mercy
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

    Antonyms

    * merciless * cruel

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    ruthless

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia ruthless) (en adjective)
  • Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
  • * 1725 , , Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
    • At length their rage the ho?tile Pow’rs re?train, / All but the ruthle?s Monarch of the Main.

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