Whig vs progressive

progressive vs Whig

Whig and progressive both are nouns.

Whig is not an adjective while progressive is an adjective.

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

As nouns, progressive is a hypernym of Whig; that is, progressive 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
progressive: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Other hypernyms of Whig include Englishman, liberal, liberalist.

Whig (noun)	progressive (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 tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

Whig (adjective)	progressive (adjective)
	favoring or promoting progress
	(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
	advancing in severity
	gradually advancing in extent
	favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
	(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

Difference between Whig and progressive

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