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Rapscallion vs Villain - What's the difference?

rapscallion | villain |

As nouns the difference between rapscallion and villain

is that rapscallion is a rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel while villain is (en) a vile, wicked person.

As a verb villain is

(obsolete|transitive) to debase; to degrade.

rapscallion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
  • * 1901 , , The Inheritors , ch. 3:
  • She was the sister who had remained within the pale; I, the rapscallion of a brother whose vagaries were trying to his relations.
  • (attributive) Roguish, disreputable.
  • * 1869 , . He Knew He Was Right , ch. 12:
  • [H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker.
  • * 1895 , , The Carbonels , ch. 23:
  • "I baint a-going to give my master's property to a lot of rapscallion thieves and robbers like you."

    villain

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfc-sense) (en) A vile, wicked person.
  • # An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
  • # A deliberate scoundrel.
  • The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 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.}}
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
  • As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain —not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.
  • Synonyms

    * knave * rascal * scamp * bad guy * cad * See also * See also *antagonist

    Derived terms

    * supervillain * villainess

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To debase; to degrade.
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