exponent vs partisan

partisan vs exponent

exponent and partisan both are nouns.

exponent is not an adjective while partisan is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exponent	Yes	No	No	No
partisan	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

exponent: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
partisan: a fervent and even militant proponent of something

Other hyponyms of exponent include apologist, justifier, vindicator, commie, communist, constitutionalist, Darwinian, democrat, populist, fascist, federalist, Gnostic, humanist, humanitarian, ideologist, ideologue, internationalist, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist, Jansenist, libertarian, Maoist, Marxist, nationalist, neoclassicist, neutralist, nullifier, drumbeater, zealot, partitionist, Platonist, pro-lifer, presenter, sponsor, protectionist, republican, ritualist, ruralist, secessionist, secularist, separationist, separatist, interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice, suffragist, admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter, supremacist, teleologist, Thatcherite, unilateralist, voice in the wilderness.

exponent (noun)	partisan (noun)
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself	a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	a fervent and even militant proponent of something
someone who expounds and interprets or explains	an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

exponent (adjective)	partisan (adjective)
	devoted to a cause or party

Difference between exponent and partisan

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