follower vs adherent

adherent vs follower

follower and adherent both are nouns.

follower is not an adjective while adherent is an adjective.

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

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

follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
adherent: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

Other hyponyms of follower include camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, 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, Skinnerian, Stalinist, submitter, hanger-on, tagalong, feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal, Wagnerian.

follower (noun)	adherent (noun)
a person who accepts the leadership of another	someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
someone who travels behind or pursues another

follower (adjective)	adherent (adjective)
	sticking fast

Difference between follower and adherent

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