toreador vs. matador

noun

  1. a bullfighter; torero.


noun

  1. the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
  2. one of the principal cards in skat and certain other games.
  3. (initial capital letter) a jet-powered U.S. surface-to-surface missile.