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Supervillain vs Archvillain - What's the difference?

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Archvillain is a related term of supervillain.



As nouns the difference between supervillain and archvillain

is that supervillain is a fantasy fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero while archvillain is a supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.

supervillain

English

(wikipedia supervillain)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fantasy fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

    • Antonyms

    *superhero

    archvillain

    English

    Alternative forms

    * arch-villain

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 6, Clyde Haberman, We Know About the Mess. Please, Clean Up Carefully., New York Times citation
    • , passage=Madoff is the season's archvillain , accused of having run a Ponzi scheme so vast that future generations may well describe similar swindles as Madoff schemes. }}

    Related terms

    * supervillain