Adherent vs Proponent - What's the difference?
adherent | proponent |
Adhesive, sticking to something.
Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
(botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
One who supports something; an advocate
* 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/new-york-city-marathon-will-not-be-held-sunday.html?hp&_r=0]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
Making proposals; proposing.
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As a verb adherent
is .As a noun proponent is
one who supports something; an advocate.As an adjective proponent is
making proposals; proposing.adherent
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Alexander Pope)
Anagrams
* ----proponent
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Noun
(en noun)- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.