progressive vs Whig

Whig vs progressive

progressive and Whig both are nouns.

progressive is an adjective but Whig is not an adjective.

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

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

progressive: 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 progressive include armchair liberal, latitudinarian, neoliberal, pluralist, libtard.

progressive (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 tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going	a supporter of the American Revolution
	a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

progressive (adjective)	Whig (adjective)
favoring or promoting progress
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
advancing in severity
gradually advancing in extent
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

Difference between progressive and Whig

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