Disciple vs Student - What's the difference?
disciple | student | Synonyms |
A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
* Holy Bible, Matthew 9:10 (King James Version)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=4, title= (Ireland) Miserable-looking creature of a man.
(obsolete) To train, educate, teach.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:
A person who studies a particular academic subject.
(figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
A person enrolled at a university.
(chiefly, North America) A schoolchild.
Student is a synonym of disciple.
As nouns the difference between disciple and student
is that disciple is a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others while student is a person who studies a particular academic subject.As a verb disciple
is to train, educate, teach.disciple
English
Noun
(en noun)- And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples .
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
Synonyms
* studentSee also
* apostleVerb
(discipl)- fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled [...].
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English
(wikipedia student)Noun
(en noun)- A student of philosophy.
- He is a student of life.
- The students were out raising funds for rag week.