adherent vs Socinian

Socinian vs adherent

adherent and Socinian both are nouns.

adherent is an adjective but Socinian is not an adjective.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Socinian: an adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology

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, Manichaean, Manichean, Manichee, Monophysite, Neoplatonist, diabolist, Satanist, Sikh, totalitarian, Unitarian, Trinitarian, Arminian, votary, fundamentalist.

adherent (noun)	Socinian (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	an adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology

adherent (adjective)	Socinian (adjective)
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Difference between adherent and Socinian

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