proponent vs partisan

partisan vs proponent

proponent and partisan both are nouns.

proponent is not an adjective while partisan is an adjective.

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

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

proponent: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
partisan: a fervent and even militant proponent of something

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, nationalist, neoclassicist, neutralist, nullifier, drumbeater, 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)	partisan (noun)
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
	a fervent and even militant proponent of something
	an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

proponent (adjective)	partisan (adjective)
	devoted to a cause or party

Difference between proponent and partisan

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