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adherent vs votary

votary vs adherent

adherent and votary both are nouns.

adherent is an adjective but votary is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adherent Yes Yes No No
votary Yes No No No
As nouns, votary is a hyponym of adherent; that is, votary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adherent:
  • adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
  • votary: a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
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, fundamentalist.
adherent (noun) votary (noun)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
adherent (adjective) votary (adjective)
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