important person vs sacred cow

sacred cow vs important person

important person and sacred cow both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
important person	Yes	No	No	No
sacred cow	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sacred cow is a hyponym of important person; that is, sacred cow is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than important person:

important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
sacred cow: a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism

Other hyponyms of important person include big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho, celebrity, famous person, behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan, elder statesman, eminence grise, Excellency, fixer, influence peddler, heavy hitter, hierarch, high-muck-a-muck, pooh-bah, kingmaker, bigwig, kingpin, top banana, magnifico, figure, name, public figure, nepotist, policy maker, power broker, powerbroker, sirdar, socialite, sun, dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, panjandrum, very important person, VIP, worthy.

important person (noun)	sacred cow (noun)
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events	a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism

Difference between important person and sacred cow

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