Difference between Varlet and Rascal

What is the difference between Varlet and Rascal?

Varlet as a noun is a servant or attendant. while Rascal as a noun is someone who is naughty; either playfully mischievous or a troublemaker, a dishonest person, a scoundrel.

Varlet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A servant or attendant. Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood. A rogue or scoundrel. The Jack.

Rascal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Someone who is naughty; either playfully mischievous or a troublemaker, a dishonest person, a scoundrel.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: low(ly), part of or belonging to the common rabble

Example sentence: I don't suppose there is a more daring or more impudent rascal on earth than a good American beggar. It is always his boast that he has begged an ex-president, or the present one, and he claims to have received benefits from a number of well-known millionaires, actors, and prize-fighters.

We hope you now know whether to use Varlet or Rascal in your sentence.

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