Difference between Savage and Brute

What is the difference between Savage and Brute?

Savage as an adjective is wild; not cultivated while Brute as an adjective is not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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: It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

Brute

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.A large, savage looking man.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.Purely physical.Harsh; blunt

Example sentence: Speak the truth, and all things alive or brute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there, do seem to stir and move to bear you witness.

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

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