Pacifist vs Ruffian - What's the difference?
pacifist | ruffian |
One who loves, supports, or favours peace; one who is pro-peace.
One who avoids violence.
One who opposes violence and is anti-war.
* 2004 : , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
(obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
* Bishop Reynolds
As nouns the difference between pacifist and ruffian
is that pacifist is one who loves, supports, or favours peace; one who is pro-peace while ruffian is a scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.As a verb ruffian is
to play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.As an adjective ruffian is
brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous.pacifist
English
Noun
(en noun)- No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.
Synonyms
* doveAntonyms
* bellicist, militarist, hawkNoun
Declension
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian ?
- He [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, revelling with her ruffians .