adherent vs Zoroastrian

Zoroastrian vs adherent

adherent and Zoroastrian both are nouns.

adherent and Zoroastrian both are adjectives.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Zoroastrian: follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism

Other hyponyms of adherent include Zen Buddhist, Mahayanist, Hinayanist, Lamaist, Tantrist, Jainist, Shintoist, Rasta, Rastafarian, Mithraist, 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)	Zoroastrian (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism

adherent (adjective)	Zoroastrian (adjective)
sticking fast	of or pertaining to Zoroaster or the religion he founded

Difference between adherent and Zoroastrian

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