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Communist vs Comsymp - What's the difference?

communist | comsymp |

As nouns the difference between communist and comsymp

is that communist is a member of a (nominally) communist party while comsymp is (slang|pejorative) a communist sympathizer; a liberal.

As an adjective communist

is relating to a (nominally) communist party.

communist

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
  • (nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

    • comsymp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.
  • * 1965 , Niven Busch, The Gentleman from California :
    • Personally, I think he's a comsymp . Or close. That's why I never had much enthusiasm for being on it, great as you all seem to think it is.
  • * 1990 , Stephen King, The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition :
    • The guard said he wouldn't be surprised to find out that the longhaired comsymp pervos had done it by putting something into the water.
  • * 1990 February, "The Coming Race War", Ron Paul Political Report , p. 7:
    • He was also a comsymp , if not an actual party member, and the man who replaced the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced integration.
  • * 2005 , William Froug, How I Escaped from Gilligan's Island :
    • ...he would not stock any product on his shelves from any company that hired a communist or, as it was called at the time, a comsymp .