Superhero vs. Villain

Superheronoun

Any kind of fantasy/science fiction crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature.

Villainnoun

en A vile, wicked person.

Superheronoun

a benevolent fictional character with superhuman powers, such as Superman.

Villainnoun

An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.

Superhero

A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that possesses abilities beyond those of ordinary people, who typically uses his or her powers to help the world become a better place, or is dedicated to protecting the public, and fighting crime. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially in American comic books since the 1930s (and later Hollywood films, film serials, and television), as well as in Japanese media (including kamishibai, tokusatsu, manga, anime, and video games) since the 1930s.

Villainnoun

A deliberate scoundrel.

Villainnoun

The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.

Villainnoun

(poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: the current player.

‘Let's discuss how to play if you are the chip leader (that is, if you have more chips than all the villains).’;

Villainnoun

archaic form of villein

Villainverb

To debase; to degrade.

Villainnoun

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

‘If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, though accidentally they become noble.’;

Villainnoun

A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.

‘Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the blood of the gentleman in another, what difference shall there be proved?’;

Villainnoun

A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.

‘Like a villain with a smiling cheek.’; ‘Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.’;

Villainadjective

Villainous.

Villainverb

To debase; to degrade.

Villainnoun

a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

Villainnoun

the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction

Villainnoun

(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot

‘a pantomime villain’; ‘I have played more good guys than villains’;

Villainnoun

a criminal

‘the armed villains run off into the night’; ‘some people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards’;

Villainnoun

the person or thing responsible for specified problems, harm, or damage

‘the industrialized nations are the real environmental villains’;

Villainnoun

variant spelling of villein

Villain

A villain (also known as a or the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines such a character as .

‘black hat’; ‘bad guy’; ‘a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel; or a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot’;