Thug vs Cutthroat - What's the difference?
thug | cutthroat |
A criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.
(dated) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped and offered their victims to her.
A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
Involving the cutting of throats
Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
As nouns the difference between thug and cutthroat
is that thug is a criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire while cutthroat is a murderer who slits the throats of his victims.As an adjective cutthroat is
involving the cutting of throats.thug
English
(wikipedia thug) From (etyl) . Thuggee was an Indian network of secret fraternities who were engaged in murdering and robbing travellers and known for strangling their victims, operating from the 17th century (possibly as early as 13th century) to the 19th century. During of India, many Indian words passed into common English, and in 1810 thug referred to members of these Indian gangs. The sense was adopted more generally as "ruffian, cutthroat" by 1839.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsocutthroat
English
(wikipedia cutthroat)Alternative forms
* cut-throatNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
- Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.
