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Shero vs Heroine - What's the difference?

shero | heroine | Synonyms |

Heroine is a synonym of shero.



As nouns the difference between shero and heroine

is that shero is a female hero while heroine is a female hero.

shero

English

Noun

(es)
  • (feminism) A female hero.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year = 1998 , title = Sheroes : Bold, Brash, and Absolutely Unabashed Superwomen from Susan B. Anthony to Xena , first = Varla , last = Ventura , publisher = Conari Press , isbn = 9781573241281 , ol = 353280M , passage = Packing estrogen and, not infrequently, a pen and a sword, sheroes come in every imaginable shape, size, and color, and manifest their sheroism in infinite ways. }}
  • * {{quote-book
  • , date = 2010-04-01 , title = Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey , first = Ana Maria , last = Spagna , publisher = University of Nebraska Press , isbn = 9780803233928 , passage = He talks about how we must remember the unsung heroes and sheroes of the Talahassee boycott, of the movement in general, and finally, he wonders how C. K. Steele would be accepted here. }}
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  • Synonyms

    * heroine

    Anagrams

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    heroine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female hero.
  • A female lead character.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}

    Synonyms

    *shero

    Hypernyms

    *hero

    Derived terms

    *superheroine

    Usage notes

    In the sense 1, it is more common to say hero today. * She is an American hero .