proponent vs nationalist

nationalist vs proponent

proponent and nationalist both are nouns.

proponent is not an adjective while nationalist is an adjective.

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

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

proponent: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
nationalist: an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government

Other hyponyms of proponent include apologist, justifier, vindicator, commie, communist, constitutionalist, Darwinian, democrat, populist, fascist, federalist, Gnostic, humanist, humanitarian, ideologist, ideologue, internationalist, irredentist, irridentist, isolationist, Jansenist, libertarian, Maoist, Marxist, 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)	nationalist (noun)
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	one who loves and defends his or her country
	an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government

proponent (adjective)	nationalist (adjective)
	devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others

Difference between proponent and nationalist

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