Vigilante vs Wary - What's the difference?
vigilante | wary |
A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
As a noun vigilante
is a person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.As an adjective wary is
cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.vigilante
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(wikipedia vigilante)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* digilanteAnagrams
* ----wary
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(Webster 1913)Adjective
(er)- He is wary of dogs.