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NIMBY vs protester

protester vs NIMBY

NIMBY and protester both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
NIMBY Yes No No No
protester Yes No No No
As nouns, protester is a hypernym of NIMBY; that is, protester is a word with a broader meaning than NIMBY:
  • NIMBY: someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
  • protester: a person who dissents from some established policy
Other hypernyms of NIMBY include contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector.
NIMBY (noun) protester (noun)
someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
a person who dissents from some established policy
Difference between NIMBY and protester

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