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reverend vs subdeacon

subdeacon vs reverend

reverend and subdeacon both are nouns.

reverend is an adjective but subdeacon is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reverend Yes Yes No No
subdeacon Yes No No No
As nouns, subdeacon is a hyponym of reverend; that is, subdeacon 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
  • subdeacon: a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
reverend (noun) subdeacon (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
reverend (adjective) subdeacon (adjective)
worthy of adoration or reverence
Difference between reverend and subdeacon

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