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pilgrim vs wayfarer

wayfarer vs pilgrim

pilgrim and wayfarer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pilgrim Yes No No No
wayfarer Yes No No No
As nouns, wayfarer is a hypernym of pilgrim; that is, wayfarer is a word with a broader meaning than pilgrim:
  • pilgrim: someone who journeys in foreign lands
  • wayfarer: a traveler going on a trip
Other hypernyms of pilgrim include journeyer.
pilgrim (noun) wayfarer (noun)
someone who journeys in foreign lands a traveler going on a trip
someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion a pedestrian who walks from place to place
Difference between pilgrim and wayfarer

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