follower vs fan
fan vs followerfollower and fan both are nouns.
follower is not a verb while fan is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| follower | Yes | No | No | No |
| fan | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
fan is a hyponym of
follower; that is, fan is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
follower:
- follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
- fan: an ardent follower and admirer
Other hyponyms of follower include
camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, adherent, disciple, buff, devotee, 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) | fan (noun) |
|---|---|
| a person who accepts the leadership of another | a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces |
| someone who travels behind or pursues another | an ardent follower and admirer |
| an enthusiastic devotee of sports |
| follower (verb) | fan (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 "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
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
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