follower vs lover

lover vs follower

follower and lover both are nouns.

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

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

follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
lover: an ardent follower and admirer

Other hyponyms of follower include camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, adherent, disciple, buff, devotee, fan, 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)	lover (noun)
a person who accepts the leadership of another	a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
someone who travels behind or pursues another	an ardent follower and admirer
	a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

Difference between follower and lover

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