adherent vs totalitarian

totalitarian vs adherent

adherent and totalitarian both are nouns.

adherent and totalitarian both are adjectives.

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

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

adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
totalitarian: an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

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, Unitarian, Trinitarian, Arminian, votary, fundamentalist.

adherent (noun)	totalitarian (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another	an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government

adherent (adjective)	totalitarian (adjective)
sticking fast	of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
	characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control

Difference between adherent and totalitarian

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