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Mobster vs Villain - What's the difference?

mobster | villain |

As nouns the difference between mobster and villain

is that mobster is a member of a mob or mafia while villain is (en) a vile, wicked person.

As a verb villain is

(obsolete|transitive) to debase; to degrade.

mobster

Noun

(en noun)
  • a member of a mob or Mafia
  • Synonyms

    * gangster * Mafioso, mafioso * wiseguy, wise guy

    villain

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfc-sense) (en) A vile, wicked person.
  • # An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
  • # A deliberate scoundrel.
  • The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain , and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
  • As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain —not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.
  • Synonyms

    * knave * rascal * scamp * bad guy * cad * See also * See also *antagonist

    Derived terms

    * supervillain * villainess

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To debase; to degrade.
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