adherent vs Zen Buddhist

Zen Buddhist vs adherent

adherent and Zen Buddhist both are nouns.

adherent is an adjective but Zen Buddhist is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adherent	Yes	Yes	No	No
Zen Buddhist	Yes	No	No	No

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Zen Buddhist: an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism

Other hyponyms of adherent include 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, Socinian, totalitarian, Unitarian, Trinitarian, Arminian, votary, fundamentalist.

adherent (noun)	Zen Buddhist (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism

adherent (adjective)	Zen Buddhist (adjective)
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Difference between adherent and Zen Buddhist

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