Frankenstein vs brute

Frankenstein

noun
  • Synonym of mad scientist 

  • A monster composed of body parts from various corpses attached and brought back to life by a mad scientist, typically strong, unable to speak clearly, and misunderstood. 

verb
  • To combine two or more similar elements into a consistent entity, or a cohesive idea. 

name
  • Various small towns in Germany. 

  • A surname from German. 

  • Victor Frankenstein or (sometimes proscribed) his monster. 

  • A former name of Ząbkowice Śląskie, a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. 

brute

noun
  • A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. 

  • A kind of powerful spotlight. 

adj
  • Without reason or intelligence (of animals). 

  • Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). 

  • Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless. 

  • Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. 

  • Crude, unpolished. 

  • Strong, blunt, and spontaneous. 

verb
  • To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other. 

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