follower vs Skinnerian

Skinnerian vs follower

follower and Skinnerian both are nouns.

follower is not an adjective while Skinnerian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
follower	Yes	No	No	No
Skinnerian	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
Skinnerian: a follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner

Other hyponyms of follower include camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, adherent, disciple, buff, devotee, fan, lover, adulator, flatterer, flunkey, flunky, stooge, yes-man, Freudian, Hegelian, inferior, Jacksonian, janissary, Jeffersonian, Jungian, Keynesian, Lamarckian, leech, parasite, sponge, sponger, Machiavellian, Mendelian, Mohammedan, Muhammadan, Muhammedan, myrmidon, Nestorian, Newtonian, regular, respecter, planet, satellite, sheep, Stalinist, submitter, hanger-on, tagalong, feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal, Wagnerian.

follower (noun)	Skinnerian (noun)
a person who accepts the leadership of another	a follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner
someone who travels behind or pursues another

follower (adjective)	Skinnerian (adjective)
	of or relating to B. F. Skinner or his behaviorist psychology

Difference between follower and Skinnerian

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