Heathen vs Gentile - What's the difference?
heathen | gentile |
Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
(by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
(pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).
A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.
* V. Knox
(by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
(an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).
As adjectives the difference between heathen and gentile
is that heathen is not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan while gentile is non-Jewish.As nouns the difference between heathen and gentile
is that heathen is a person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan while gentile is a non-Jewish person.heathen
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Adjective
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(s)- If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens .