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elder vs presbyter

presbyter vs elder

elder and presbyter both are nouns.

elder is an adjective but presbyter is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
elder Yes Yes No No
presbyter Yes No No No
As nouns, presbyter is a hyponym of elder; that is, presbyter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than elder:
  • elder: any of various church officers
  • presbyter: an elder in the Presbyterian Church
elder (noun) presbyter (noun)
a person who is older than you are an elder in the Presbyterian Church
any of various church officers
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
elder (adjective) presbyter (adjective)
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Difference between elder and presbyter

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