follower vs disciple

disciple vs follower

follower and disciple both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of follower include camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, adherent, 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)	disciple (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

Difference between follower and disciple

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