fan vs follower
follower vs fanfan and follower both are nouns.
fan is a verb but follower is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fan | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| follower | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
follower is a hypernym of
fan; that is, follower is a
word with a broader meaning than fan:
- fan: an ardent follower and admirer
- follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
| fan (noun) | follower (noun) |
|---|---|
| a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces | a person who accepts the leadership of another |
| an ardent follower and admirer | someone who travels behind or pursues another |
| an enthusiastic devotee of sports |
| fan (verb) | follower (verb) |
|---|---|
| make (an emotion) fiercer | |
| blow away or off with a current of air | |
| strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) | |
| agitate the air |
Words related to "fan"
- aerophile
- aficionado
- agitate
- amorist
- bacchanal
- bacchant
- ball
- baseball
- baseball game
- belieber
- blower
- brony
- buff
- compound
- cooling system
- deepen
- device
- devotee
- directioner
- electric fan
- engine cooling system
- enthusiast
- exhaust fan
- fanboy
- fandom
- fangirl
- follower
- followers
- following
- groupie
- heighten
- intensify
- lover
- metalhead
- partisan
- partizan
- punkah
- railbird
- remove
- rooter
- selenator
- shake
- sports fan
- strike out
- swiftie
- take
- take away
- winnow
- withdraw
Words related to "follower"
- Cartesian
- Freudian
- Hegelian
- Jacksonian
- Jeffersonian
- Jungian
- Keynesian
- Lamarckian
- Machiavellian
- Mendelian
- Mohammedan
- Muhammadan
- Muhammedan
- Nestorian
- Newtonian
- Skinnerian
- Stalinist
- Wagnerian
- actor
- adherent
- adulator
- buff
- camp follower
- chaser
- cultist
- devotee
- disciple
- doer
- fan
- feudatory
- flatterer
- flunkey
- flunky
- follow
- hanger-on
- inferior
- janissary
- leader
- leech
- liege
- liege subject
- liegeman
- lover
- myrmidon
- parasite
- planet
- pursuer
- regular
- respecter
- satellite
- shadow
- shadower
- sheep
- sponge
- sponger
- stooge
- submitter
- tagalong
- tail
- traveler
- traveller
- vassal
- worker
- yes-man
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