Outlaw vs Mercenary - What's the difference?
outlaw | mercenary |
A fugitive from the law.
A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
To declare illegal
To place a ban upon
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
Motivated by private gain.
* Dryden
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.
As nouns the difference between outlaw and mercenary
is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.As a verb outlaw
is to declare illegal.As an adjective mercenary is
motivated by private gain.outlaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
Synonyms
* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-heroVerb
(outlaw)- to outlaw a debt or claim
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
External links
* * *mercenary
English
(wikipedia mercenary)Adjective
(en adjective)- For God forbid I should my papers blot / With mercenary lines, with servile pen.
