adherent vs Taoist

Taoist vs adherent

adherent and Taoist both are nouns.

adherent and Taoist both are adjectives.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Taoist: an adherent of any branch of Taoism

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, 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)	Taoist (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	an adherent of any branch of Taoism

adherent (adjective)	Taoist (adjective)
sticking fast	of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life
	of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic

Difference between adherent and Taoist

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