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Blasphemer vs Heretic - What's the difference?

blasphemer | heretic |

As nouns the difference between blasphemer and heretic

is that blasphemer is one who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God while heretic is someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.

As an adjective heretic is

heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

blasphemer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
  • heretic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic), (obsolete), heretick (obsolete), (l) (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.
  • * '>citation
  • In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient
    deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially
    healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework
    of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane
    attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and
    was willing to become one. In the one case, people are
    accepted as human beings only because they might be healthy
    citizens; in the other, only because they might be faithful
    Christians. In short, neither was heresy formerly, nor is sick-
    ness now, given the kind of humane recognition which, from
    the point of view of an ethic of respect and tolerance, they
    deserve.

    Synonyms

    * apostate * withersake

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Heretical]]; of or pertaining to heresy or [[#Noun, heretics.
  • Antonyms

    * orthodox

    Anagrams

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