adherent vs Manichaean

Manichaean vs adherent

adherent and Manichaean both are nouns.

adherent and Manichaean both are adjectives.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Manichaean: an adherent of Manichaeism

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, Lutheran, Mahdist, Manichean, Manichee, Monophysite, Neoplatonist, diabolist, Satanist, Sikh, Socinian, totalitarian, Unitarian, Trinitarian, Arminian, votary, fundamentalist.

adherent (noun)	Manichaean (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	an adherent of Manichaeism

adherent (adjective)	Manichaean (adjective)
sticking fast	of or relating to Manichaeism
	of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism

Difference between adherent and Manichaean

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