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Ruthless vs Hardhearted - What's the difference?

ruthless | hardhearted | Related terms |

Ruthless is a related term of hardhearted.


As adjectives the difference between ruthless and hardhearted

is that ruthless is without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless while hardhearted is lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

ruthless

English

Adjective

(wikipedia ruthless) (en adjective)
  • Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
  • * 1725 , , Volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
    • At length their rage the ho?tile Pow’rs re?train, / All but the ruthle?s Monarch of the Main.

    Anagrams

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    hardhearted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hard-hearted

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

    • Antonyms

    * softhearted

    References

    * * * * " hardhearted" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)