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Father vs priest

priest vs Father

Father and priest both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Father Yes No No No
priest Yes No No No
As nouns, priest is a hypernym of Father; that is, priest is a word with a broader meaning than Father:
  • Father: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
  • priest: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
Other hypernyms of Father include form of address, title, title of respect.
Father (noun) priest (noun)
`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
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