Bully vs. Tyrant

Bullynoun

A person who is physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those who are weaker or have less power.

Bullynoun

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

Bullynoun

A hired thug.

Bullynoun

A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.

Bullynoun

(uncountable) Bully beef.

Bullynoun

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bullynoun

The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

Bullynoun

Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby. The common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus

Bullynoun

An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

Bullynoun

(dialectal) A companion; mate. male or female

Bullynoun

(obsolete) darling, sweetheart. male or female

Bullynoun

(field hockey) a standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.

Bullynoun

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Bullyverb

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

Bullyverb

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Bullyadjective

Very good; excellent.

Bullyadjective

(slang) Jovial and blustering.

Bullyinterjection

}} Well done!

Bullynoun

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous, who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

Bullynoun

A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bullynoun

Pickled or canned beef.

Bullyadjective

Jovial and blustering; dashing.

Bullyadjective

Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

Bullyverb

To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully{1} toward.

Bullyverb

To act as a bully{1}.

Bullyinterjection

Well done! Excellent!

Bullynoun

a cruel and brutal fellow

Bullyverb

be bossy towards;

Bullyverb

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Bullyadjective

very good;

Bullynoun

a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable

Bullynoun

corned beef.

Bullynoun

an act of starting play in field hockey, in which two opponents strike each other's sticks three times and then go for the ball.

Bullyverb

seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)

Bullyverb

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

Bullyadjective

very good; excellent

Tyrantnoun

A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.

Tyrantnoun

(obsolete) Any monarch or governor.

Tyrantnoun

A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Tyrantnoun

(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Tyrantnoun

(by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Tyrantnoun

The pl=s, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.

Tyrantadjective

(uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.

Tyrantverb

To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.

Tyrantverb

To tyrannize.

Tyrantnoun

An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.

Tyrantnoun

Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.

Tyrantnoun

Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidæ; - called also tyrant bird.

Tyrantverb

To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; be to tyrannical.

Tyrantnoun

a cruel and oppressive dictator

Tyrantnoun

in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

Tyrantnoun

any person who exercises power in a cruel way;

Tyrant

A tyrant (from Ancient Greek τύραννος, tyrannos), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defend their positions by resorting to repressive means.