proponent vs humanist

humanist vs proponent

proponent and humanist both are nouns.

proponent is not an adjective while humanist is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
proponent	Yes	No	No	No
humanist	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

proponent: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
humanist: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans

Other hyponyms of proponent include apologist, justifier, vindicator, commie, communist, constitutionalist, Darwinian, democrat, populist, fascist, federalist, Gnostic, humanitarian, ideologist, ideologue, internationalist, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist, Jansenist, libertarian, Maoist, Marxist, nationalist, neoclassicist, neutralist, nullifier, drumbeater, partisan, zealot, partitionist, Platonist, pro-lifer, presenter, sponsor, protectionist, republican, ritualist, ruralist, secessionist, secularist, separationist, separatist, interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice, suffragist, admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter, supremacist, teleologist, Thatcherite, unilateralist, voice in the wilderness.

proponent (noun)	humanist (noun)
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
	an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans

proponent (adjective)	humanist (adjective)
	pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
	of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
	of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
	marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare

Difference between proponent and humanist

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