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Calvinist vs Brabantian - What's the difference?

calvinist | brabantian |

As nouns the difference between calvinist and brabantian

is that calvinist is (religion) a follower of calvinism while brabantian is a person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp if brabantian-spoken) of brabant.

As adjectives the difference between calvinist and brabantian

is that calvinist is of or pertaining to calvinism while brabantian is of or pertaining to the brabantian language.

As a proper noun brabantian is

the language/dialect mainly spoken in north brabant (holland), antwerp and flemish brabant provinces, (belgium).

calvinist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (religion) A follower of Calvinism.

    • Hypernyms

    * Protestant

    Synonyms

    * Reformed Christian * Reformed person * Reformed Protestant

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to Calvinism.
  • Of or pertaining to a Calvinist or Calvinists.

    • Synonyms

    * Reformed * Calvinistic * Calvinistical

    brabantian

    English

    (wikipedia Brabantian)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the Brabantian language.
    • That is a Brabantian accent, and ''not'' a Limburgish one!
  • Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.
    • The Brabantian calvinists emigrated ''en masse'' to Holland after the ''Sack of Antwerp'' in the 1580s.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language/dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (Holland), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces, (Belgium).
    • He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and the standard language in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers at the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp. if Brabantian-spoken) of Brabant.
    • The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, the Dutch.

    Usage notes

    * The name of the language, Brabantian , when it means "the Brabantian language", does not assume an article. * Nowadays the demonym mostly applies to people from the eponymous provinces.