radical vs subversive

subversive vs radical

radical and subversive both are nouns.

radical and subversive both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
radical	Yes	Yes	No	No
subversive	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

radical: a person who has radical ideas or opinions
subversive: a radical supporter of political or social revolution

Other hyponyms of radical include anarchist, nihilist, syndicalist, Bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy, Marxist, red, extremist, leveler, leveller, revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter, terrorist, Trot, Trotskyist, Trotskyite, Wobbly, young Turk.

radical (noun)	subversive (noun)
a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram	a radical supporter of political or social revolution
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

radical (adjective)	subversive (adjective)
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem	in opposition to a civil authority or government
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
arising from or going to the root or source
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
markedly new or introducing radical change

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