liberal vs Whig

Whig vs liberal

liberal and Whig both are nouns.

liberal is an adjective but Whig is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liberal	Yes	Yes	No	No
Whig	Yes	No	No	No

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

liberal: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Whig: a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories

Other hyponyms of liberal include armchair liberal, latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist, libtard.

liberal (noun)	Whig (noun)
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties	a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets	a supporter of the American Revolution
	a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

liberal (adjective)	Whig (adjective)
tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
given or giving freely
not literal
having political or social views favoring reform and progress

Difference between liberal and Whig

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