They existed in roughly the same time period, they were at the top of a their respective social class, they were born into their rolls. On a simpler level; they both wore metal armor, were soldiers for their king/emperor and they murdered things with swords.
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The difference between a shogun and a samurai is like the difference between a king and a knight.
Knights and Samurai
samurai have an armor made out of bamboo, leather and some metal. but knights armor are made of steel or many chain mails joined together Samurai didnt have the chivalry that was requested from knights
received salaries in payment for their service
A ronin is a samurai. Samurai was a status in Japan. A ronin was simply someone of samurai status that had no clan affiliation.
The Samurai of the East have gone the way of the Knights of the West.
Three characteristics shared by knights and samurai were loyalty to their lords, adherence to a code of ethics (chivalry for knights, bushido for samurai), and the use of a variety of weapons and fighting techniques in battle.
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Samurai, but actually knights were European Samurai.
Yes Samurai are like the equivalent to European knights.