adherent vs Lutheran

Lutheran vs adherent

adherent and Lutheran both are nouns.

adherent and Lutheran both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adherent	Yes	Yes	No	No
Lutheran	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Lutheran is a hyponym of adherent; that is, Lutheran is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adherent:

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Lutheran: follower of Lutheranism

Other hyponyms of adherent include Zen Buddhist, Mahayanist, Hinayanist, Lamaist, Tantrist, Jainist, Shintoist, Rasta, Rastafarian, Mithraist, Zoroastrian, absolutist, amoralist, animist, antinomian, Apostle, Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Peripatetic, Bahai, Tao, Taoist, clericalist, Donatist, Druse, Druze, dualist, Hussite, Ismaili, Ismailian, Mahdist, Manichaean, Manichean, Manichee, Monophysite, Neoplatonist, diabolist, Satanist, Sikh, Socinian, totalitarian, Unitarian, Trinitarian, Arminian, votary, fundamentalist.

adherent (noun)	Lutheran (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	follower of Lutheranism

adherent (adjective)	Lutheran (adjective)
sticking fast	of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings
	of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther

Difference between adherent and Lutheran

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