As nouns the difference between paramilitary and vigilante
is that paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power while vigilante is a person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.
As an adjective paramilitary
is relating to a paramilitary.
paramilitary
English
Noun
(paramilitaries)
A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
(label) A member of a paramilitary group.
Adjective
(-)
relating to a paramilitary
vigilante
Noun
(
en noun)
A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.
Derived terms
* digilante
Anagrams
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