Trojan vs. Spartan

Trojan vs. Spartan — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Trojan and Spartan

Trojannoun

(computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

Spartanadjective

Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.

I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.

Trojanadjective

(astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

Spartanadjective

Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.

The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.

Trojanverb

To infect (a system) with a trojan.

Spartanadjective

Lacking in decoration and luxury.

After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.
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Trojannoun

a native of ancient Troy

Spartannoun

a resident of Sparta

Trojannoun

a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful;

the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a wormwhen he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse

Spartanadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

Trojanadjective

of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants;

Trojan cities

Spartanadjective

resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity;

spartan courage
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Spartanadjective

unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;

a parent severe to the pitch of hostilitya hefty six-footer with a rather severe miena strict disciplinariana Spartan upbringing

Spartanadjective

practicing great self-denial;

Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do ita desert nomad's austere lifea spartan dieta spartan existence