Spartan vs Gladiator - What's the difference?
spartan | gladiator |
Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
Lacking in decoration and luxury.
(in ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.
(label) A male gladiator (where a female gladiator is a gladiatrix).
(label) A disputant in a public controversy or debate.
A professional boxer.
As nouns the difference between spartan and gladiator
is that spartan is a red apple cultivar from British Columbia, Canada while gladiator is in ancient Rome A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.As an adjective spartan
is austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.As a proper noun Spartan
is a citizen of Sparta.spartan
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.
- The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.
- After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.
