proponent vs supporter

supporter vs proponent

proponent and supporter both are nouns.

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

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

proponent: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
supporter: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

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, 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, supremacist, teleologist, Thatcherite, unilateralist, voice in the wilderness.

proponent (noun)	supporter (noun)
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
	a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
	a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
	a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
	someone who supports or champions something

Difference between proponent and supporter

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