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Savageness vs Brutality - What's the difference?

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Savageness is a related term of brutality.


As nouns the difference between savageness and brutality

is that savageness is the property of being savage or behaving savagely while brutality is the state of being brutal.

savageness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

    • brutality

    English

    Noun

    (brutalities)
  • The state of being brutal.
  • A cruel or savage act.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
  • The use of excessive physical force e.g. police brutality.

    • Related terms

    * atrocity