Austere vs Brutal - What's the difference?

Austere is a related term of brutal.

is that austere is austere while brutal is (senseid)savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel.

(en-adj)

Grim or severe in manner or appearance

The headmistress was an austere old woman.

Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy

The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

* (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

* (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

* austerity * austerely

(en adjective)

(senseid)Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel

Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.

Harsh; unrelenting

Disagreeably precise or penetrating

(music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.

* barbaric * cold-blooded * savage * vicious

* gentle * kind

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