Superheroine vs Heroine - What's the difference?
superheroine | heroine | Derived terms |
A female hero.
A female lead character.
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Heroine is a derived term of superheroine.
As nouns the difference between superheroine and heroine
is that superheroine is a heroine with supernatural powers; a female superhero while heroine is a female hero.heroine
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(en noun)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.}}