adherent vs fundamentalist

fundamentalist vs adherent

adherent and fundamentalist both are nouns.

adherent and fundamentalist both are adjectives.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
fundamentalist: an adherent of fundamentalist principles

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, Socinian, totalitarian, Unitarian, Trinitarian, Arminian, votary.

adherent (noun)	fundamentalist (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	a supporter of fundamentalism
	an adherent of fundamentalist principles

adherent (adjective)	fundamentalist (adjective)
sticking fast	of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
	of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism

Difference between adherent and fundamentalist

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