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Ronin vs Ninja - What's the difference?

ronin | ninja |

As nouns the difference between ronin and ninja

is that ronin is a masterless samurai while ninja is a person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.

As a verb ninja is

to act in the manner of a ninja, especially in the areas of speed and power.

ronin

English

(wikipedia ronin)

Noun

(ronin)
  • A masterless samurai.
  • (colloquial, Japan) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice and spends the next year studying to retake the exam.
  • ninja

    English

    (wikipedia ninja)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (martial arts, historical) A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.
  • A Mongolian amateurish private miner (mainly for gold); after the shape of the plastic bowls used to wash metal ore with mercury, roughly resembling one of the .
  • * 2007 October 10, Jonathan Watts, "Prospectors and 'ninja' miners flood to east's El Dorado" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/10/international.mainsection1], The Guardian ,
  • Many were former nomads, but as the gold rush gathered pace, students, vets and taxi drivers from Ulan Bator joined the ninjas , not just in Ogoomor but in other gold towns across the country.
  • (slang) Juggalo version of the epithet "nigga".
  • What up, my ninja !

    Coordinate terms

    * kunoichi * shinobi

    Derived terms

    * ninjitsu * ninjette

    Verb

  • To act in the manner of a , especially in the areas of speed and power.
  • (gaming, slang) To claim an item in a game by abusing game mechanics, often despite having no real need for the item or ability to use it.
  • That damn warrior ninja'd an epic-quality wand even though he can't even use it!
  • (Internet, slang) To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing.
  • When I answered the OP's question, I saw that Porthos had ninja'd me by posting the same answer just before I did.