puritan

As nouns the difference between zealot and puritan

is that zealot is one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic while puritan is a member of a particular protestant religious sect.

As a noun puritan

is a member of a particular protestant religious sect.

As a proper noun excellence is

a title of honor or respect; more common in the form excellency.

As nouns the difference between puritan and reformists

is that puritan is a member of a particular protestant religious sect while reformists is .

As nouns the difference between fatalist and puritan

is that fatalist is one who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity, a person who believes in fatalism while puritan is a member of a particular protestant religious sect.

As nouns the difference between spartan and puritan

is that spartan is a red apple cultivar from british columbia, canada while puritan is a member of a particular protestant religious sect.

As a proper noun spartan

is a citizen of sparta.

As an adjective spartan

is of or relating to sparta or its citizens.

As an adjective rigid

is rigid.

As a noun puritan is

a member of a particular protestant religious sect.

As nouns the difference between puritan and secular

is that puritan is (often disapproving): a puritanical person while secular is a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

As adjectives the difference between puritan and secular

is that puritan is (often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex while secular is not specifically religious.

As nouns the difference between fundamentalist and puritan

is that fundamentalist is one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts while puritan is (often disapproving): a puritanical person.

As an adjective puritan is

(often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.

As adjectives the difference between orthodox and puritan

is that orthodox is conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion while puritan is (often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.

As a noun puritan is

(often disapproving): a puritanical person.