reverend vs postulator

postulator vs reverend

reverend and postulator both are nouns.

reverend is an adjective but postulator is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, postulator is a hyponym of reverend; that is, postulator 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
postulator: (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

Other hyponyms of reverend include acolyte, anagnost, 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, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar.

reverend (noun)	postulator (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church	someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
	(Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

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

Difference between reverend and postulator

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