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Warrior vs Spartan - What's the difference?

warrior | spartan |

As nouns the difference between warrior and spartan

is that warrior is a person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant while spartan is a red apple cultivar from british columbia, canada.

As a proper noun spartan is

a citizen of sparta.

As an adjective spartan is

of or relating to sparta or its citizens.

warrior

English

Alternative forms

* warriour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia warrior)
  • A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
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    • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior ; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • (lb) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

    • Related terms

    * war

    Derived terms

    * bloody warrior * warriorhood

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    spartan

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
    • I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.
  • Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
    • The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.
  • Lacking in decoration and luxury.
    • After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.

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