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priest vs Father

Father vs priest

priest and Father both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
priest Yes No No No
Father Yes No No No
As nouns, Father is a hyponym of priest; that is, Father is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than priest:
  • priest: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
  • Father: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
Other hyponyms of priest include archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate, bishop, canon, celebrant, confessor, domestic prelate, Padre, Monsignor, pontifex, priestess, vicar.
priest (noun) Father (noun)
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
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