Scamp vs. Rogue — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scamp and Rogue
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Scamp
A rogue; a rascal.
Rogue
A dishonest or unprincipled man
You are a rogue and an embezzler
Scamp
A mischievous youngster.
Rogue
An elephant or other large wild animal living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies
A rogue elephant
Scamp
To perform or make in a careless or inadequate way.
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Rogue
Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop)
The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings
Scamp
A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
Rogue
An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
Scamp
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.
While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.
Rogue
One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
Scamp
(dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
Rogue
A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
Scamp
A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
Rogue
A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
Scamp
To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner.
Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute.
Rogue
An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
Scamp
One who is playfully mischievous
Rogue
Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.
Scamp
Perform hastily and carelessly
Rogue
Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable
Rogue tornado.
Rogue
Operating outside normal or desirable controls
"How could a single rogue trader bring down an otherwise profitable and well-regarded institution?" (Saul Hansell).
Rogue
To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.
Rogue
To remove diseased or abnormal plants.
Rogue
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
Rogue
A mischievous scamp.
Rogue
A vagrant.
Rogue
(computing) Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
Rogue
An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
Rogue
A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
Rogue
(role-playing games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
Rogue
(of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
Rogue
(by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.
Rogue
(by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.
Rogue
Mischievous, unpredictable.
Rogue
(horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
Rogue
To cheat.
Rogue
(obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
Rogue
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Rogue
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Rogue
A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise.
Rogue
One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.
Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!
Rogue
An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.
Rogue
A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.
Rogue
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Rogue
To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
Rogue
To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).
Rogue
A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
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