Difference between Cruelty and Ruthlessness

CRUELTY vs RUTHLESSNESS: NOUN

The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
Feelings of extreme heartlessness
The quality or condition of being cruel.
Something, such as a cruel act or remark, that causes pain or suffering.
The intentional infliction of physical or mental distress, especially when considered as a basis for granting a divorce.
The quality of being cruel; the disposition to inflict suffering, physical or mental; indifference to or pleasure in the pain or distress of others; inhumanity.
A cruel act; a barbarous deed; specifically, in law, an act inflicting severe pain and done with wilfulness and malice.
. Harshness or strength of physical impression; strength as of a smell.
A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
An indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
A cruel act
Synonyms Inhumanity, barbarity, savageness, ferocity, brutality.

Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
Feelings of extreme heartlessness
The state or character of being ruthless; want of compassion; mercilessness; insensibility to the distresses of others.
The property of being ruthless

Savagery, Barbarism, Abuse, Maltreatment, Cruel, Barbarity, Inhumanity, Brutality, Mistreatment, Inhuman treatment, Pitilessness, Harshness, Ruthlessness, Mercilessness, Cruelness

Arrogance, Relentlessness, Tenacity, Callousness, Savagery, Viciousness, Inhumanity, Wickedness, Barbarity, Meanness, Brutality, Ferocity, Pitilessness, Cruelty, Mercilessness

Callous, Savage, Barbarous, Violence, Humane, Wickedness, Atrocity, Barbaric, Savagery, Barbarism, Abuse, Maltreatment, Cruel, Barbarity, Brutality

Stubbornness, Cowardice, Doggedness, Opportunism, Boldness, Malevolence, Treachery, Fearlessness, Arrogance, Tenacity, Savagery, Wickedness, Barbarity, Brutality, Ferocity

New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals may have had an unintended consequence: stripping municipal Animal Cruelty Investigators of power.
But Trump is also blazing new trails in cruelty, and the spotlight on that cruelty offers a unique chance to stop it.
If you witness cruelty or suspect cruelty is occurring, you can contact the relevant enforcement agency.
Cruelty Coalition, shall be responsible for the investigation of known or suspected animal cruelty or neglect.
In some cases, extreme mental cruelty can be a basis for cruelty as grounds for divorce.
The concept of cruelty includes mental as well as physical cruelty.
What is cruelty in one household may not be cruelty in another.
Cruelty can happen anywhere, and around the nation, animal cruelty is a problem that keeps growing today.
The modern concept of cruelty includes both mental and physical cruelty.
Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.

Daniel reveals why so many kids can have moments of ruthlessness.
Therefore, although Macbeth is a great warrior, he lacks ruthlessness.
The 16th-century treatise is known for its detached ruthlessness.
Weinstein acquired a reputation for ruthlessness and fits of anger.
The Maunavhathu warriors were known for their fearlessness and ruthlessness.
But his alleged ruthlessness in dealing with opponents is legendary.
So, you would turn your ruthlessness against the empire?
Were you uncomfortable with that sort of ruthlessness ever?
My ruthlessness terrorized the competition and can sometimes offend.
"Daniel has strength and fearlessness and ruthlessness - but it's a ruthlessness that has a level of emotion to it," comments executive producer Maisel.

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