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follower vs sheep

sheep vs follower

follower and sheep both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
follower Yes No No No
sheep Yes No No No
As nouns, sheep is a hyponym of follower; that is, sheep is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than follower:
  • follower: a person who accepts the leadership of another
  • sheep: a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
Other hyponyms of follower include camp follower, Cartesian, cultist, cultist, 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, Skinnerian, Stalinist, submitter, hanger-on, tagalong, feudatory, liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal, Wagnerian.
follower (noun) sheep (noun)
a person who accepts the leadership of another woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
someone who travels behind or pursues another a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
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