Pirate vs. Swashbuckler — What's the Difference?

One who commits or practices piracy at sea.

A swashbuckler is a genre of European adventure literature that focuses on a heroic protagonist stock character who is skilled in swordplay, acrobatics, guile and chivalrous ideals. A 'swashbuckler' protagonist is heroic, daring, and idealistic: he rescues damsels in distress, protects the downtrodden, and uses duels to defend his honor or that of a lady or to avenge a comrade.

One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.

A flamboyant swordsman or adventurer.

One who illegally intercepts or uses radio or television signals, especially one who operates an illegal television or radio station.

A sword-wielding ruffian or bully.

To attack and rob (a ship at sea).

A dramatic or literary work dealing with a swashbuckler.

To take (something) by piracy.

A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.

To make use of or reproduce (another's work) without authorization.

A daring adventurer.

To act as a pirate; practice piracy.

A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.

A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

A reckless impetuous irresponsible person

(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.

(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

A kind of marble in children's games.

(transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.

To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.

(intransitive) To engage in piracy.

To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.

Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.

An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.

One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.

To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.

To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

A ship manned by pirates

Copy illegally; of published material

Take arbitrarily or by force;