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Scoundrel vs Scapegrace - What's the difference?

scoundrel | scapegrace |

As nouns the difference between scoundrel and scapegrace

is that scoundrel is a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue while scapegrace is a wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.

scoundrel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood / Has crept through soundrels ever since the flood.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * scoundrelly

    See also

    scapegrace

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "scapegrace")

    Synonyms

    * black sheep