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reverend vs vicar

vicar vs reverend

reverend and vicar both are nouns.

reverend is an adjective but vicar is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reverend Yes Yes No No
vicar Yes No No No
As nouns, vicar is a hyponym of reverend; that is, vicar 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
  • vicar: (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
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, postulator, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon.
reverend (noun) vicar (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
(Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
(Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
reverend (adjective) vicar (adjective)
worthy of adoration or reverence
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