amoralist vs adherent

amoralist and adherent both are nouns.

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

As nouns, adherent is a hypernym of amoralist; that is, adherent is a word with a broader meaning than amoralist:

amoralist: someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

Other hypernyms of amoralist include disciple.

amoralist (noun)	adherent (noun)
someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid	someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

amoralist (adjective)	adherent (adjective)
	sticking fast