Dominican vs friar
friar vs DominicanDominican and friar both are nouns.
Dominican is an adjective but friar is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| friar | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
friar is a hypernym of
Dominican; that is, friar is a
word with a broader meaning than Dominican:
- Dominican: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
- friar: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Other hypernyms of Dominican include
mendicant.
| Dominican (noun) | friar (noun) |
|---|---|
| a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order | a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms |
| a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic |
| Dominican (adjective) | friar (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order | |
| of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people |
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