follower vs cultist

cultist vs follower

follower and cultist both are nouns.

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

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

follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
cultist: a member of a religious cult

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

follower (noun)	cultist (noun)
a person who accepts the leadership of another	a member of a religious cult
someone who travels behind or pursues another	a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader

Difference between follower and cultist

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