patriarch vs antediluvian

antediluvian vs patriarch

patriarch and antediluvian both are nouns.

patriarch is not an adjective while antediluvian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patriarch	Yes	No	No	No
antediluvian	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

patriarch: any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
antediluvian: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

Other hyponyms of patriarch include antediluvian patriarch, Jacob, Simeon.

patriarch (noun)	antediluvian (noun)
the male head of family or tribe	a very old person
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race	any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

patriarch (adjective)	antediluvian (adjective)
	of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
	so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Difference between patriarch and antediluvian

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