brute vs troglodyte

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. 

troglodyte

noun
  • A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish. 

  • A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware. 

  • Anything that lives underground. 

  • The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. 

  • A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman. 

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