Whig vs liberal

liberal vs Whig

Whig and liberal both are nouns.

Whig is not an adjective while liberal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Whig	Yes	No	No	No
liberal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, liberal is a hypernym of Whig; that is, liberal is a word with a broader meaning than Whig:

Whig: a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
liberal: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Other hypernyms of Whig include Englishman, liberalist, progressive.

Whig (noun)	liberal (noun)
a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories	a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
a supporter of the American Revolution	a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

Whig (adjective)	liberal (adjective)
	tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
	showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
	given or giving freely
	not literal
	having political or social views favoring reform and progress

Difference between Whig and liberal

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