adherent vs Rastafarian

Rastafarian vs adherent

adherent and Rastafarian both are nouns.

adherent and Rastafarian both are adjectives.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Rastafarian: follower of Rastafarianism

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

adherent (noun)	Rastafarian (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	(Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine
	follower of Rastafarianism

adherent (adjective)	Rastafarian (adjective)
sticking fast	of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians

Difference between adherent and Rastafarian

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