reverend vs anagnost

anagnost vs reverend

reverend and anagnost both are nouns.

reverend is an adjective but anagnost is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reverend	Yes	Yes	No	No
anagnost	Yes	No	No	No

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

reverend: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
anagnost: a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)

Other hyponyms of reverend include acolyte, archdeacon, chaplain, churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, doorkeeper, ostiarius, ostiary, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar.

reverend (noun)	anagnost (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church	a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)

reverend (adjective)	anagnost (adjective)
worthy of adoration or reverence

Difference between reverend and anagnost

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