aggressive vs cutthroat

aggressive

noun
  • One who is aggressive. 

  • A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch. 

adj
  • Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch. 

  • Involving high risk for potentially high reward. 

  • That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant. 

  • Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing. 

  • Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied. 

cutthroat

noun
  • An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. 

  • A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table. 

  • A murderer who slits the throats of victims. 

adj
  • Involving the cutting of throats. 

  • Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog. 

  • Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner. 

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