deviate vs sodomist

sodomist vs deviate

deviate and sodomist both are nouns.

deviate is an adjective but sodomist is not an adjective.

deviate is a verb but sodomist is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deviate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
sodomist	Yes	No	No	No

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

deviate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
sodomist: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

Other hyponyms of deviate include fetishist, masochist, nympho, nymphomaniac, child molester, paederast, pederast, paedophile, pedophile, sadist, sadomasochist, lech, lecher, letch, satyr, bugger, sod, sodomite.

deviate (noun)	sodomist (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

deviate (adjective)	sodomist (adjective)
markedly different from an accepted norm

deviate (verb)	sodomist (verb)
turn aside; turn away from
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
be at variance with; be out of line with

Difference between deviate and sodomist

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.