Scoundrel vs Outlaw - What's the difference?
scoundrel | outlaw |
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
* Alexander Pope
A fugitive from the law.
A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
To declare illegal
To place a ban upon
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
As nouns the difference between scoundrel and outlaw
is that scoundrel is a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue while outlaw is a fugitive from the law.As a verb outlaw is
to declare illegal.scoundrel
English
Noun
(en noun)- Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood / Has crept through soundrels ever since the flood.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* scoundrellySee also
outlaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
Synonyms
* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-heroVerb
(outlaw)- to outlaw a debt or claim
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
