eristic vs rogue

eristic

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

rogue

noun
  • A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person. 

  • A vagrant. 

  • A plant that shows some undesirable variation. 

  • A character class focusing on stealthy conduct. 

  • An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant. 

  • Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself. 

  • A mischievous scamp. 

adj
  • Mischievous, unpredictable. 

  • Large, destructive and unpredictable. 

  • Deceitful, unprincipled. 

  • Vicious and solitary. 

verb
  • To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination. 

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