Difference between Savage and Barbaric

What is the difference between Savage and Barbaric?

Savage as an adjective is wild; not cultivated while Barbaric as an adjective is of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilised, uncultured or uncouth.

Savage

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: wild; not cultivated barbaric; not civilized fierce and ferocious brutal, vicious or merciless

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian. A defiant person.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. To criticise vehemently. To attack with the teeth

Example sentence: The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for the wide view of the human race, of its growth from the savage to the civilized, which is seen in all stages of social and religious development.

Barbaric

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilised, uncultured or uncouth.

Example sentence: When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.

We hope you now know whether to use Savage or Barbaric in your sentence.

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