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Villainess vs Tyrantess - What's the difference?

villainess | tyrantess |

As nouns the difference between villainess and tyrantess

is that villainess is a female villain while tyrantess is a female tyrant.

villainess

English

Noun

(es)
  • A female villain.

    • tyrantess

    English

    Noun

    (tyrantesses)
  • A female tyrant.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.6:
  • *:‘Not by a Tyrant, his intended foe, / But by a Tyrantesse […].’

    • Synonyms

    *tyranness