Thug vs Rascal - What's the difference?
thug | rascal |
A criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.
(dated) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped and offered their victims to her.
A dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
A playfully mischievous person or creature; a troublemaker.
A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea.
As a noun thug
is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.As a proper noun rascal is
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English
(wikipedia thug) From (etyl) . Thuggee was an Indian network of secret fraternities who were engaged in murdering and robbing travellers and known for strangling their victims, operating from the 17th century (possibly as early as 13th century) to the 19th century. During of India, many Indian words passed into common English, and in 1810 thug referred to members of these Indian gangs. The sense was adopted more generally as "ruffian, cutthroat" by 1839.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsorascal
English
Noun
(en noun)- That little rascal bit me!
- If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.