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Exponent vs Adherent - What's the difference?

exponent | adherent |

As nouns the difference between exponent and adherent

is that exponent is one who expounds, represents or advocates while adherent is a person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

As an adjective adherent is

adhesive, sticking to something.

exponent

English

(wikipedia exponent)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who expounds, represents or advocates
  • (mathematics) The power to which a number, symbol or expression is to be raised. For example, the 3 in x^3.
  • (mathematics) The result of a logarithm, between a base and a power. For example the 2 in \log_b(p)=2.
  • (linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.

    • Derived terms

    * exponent of inseparability

    adherent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Adhesive, sticking to something.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  • (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

    • Related terms

    * adhere * adherence * adhesive * coherent * inherent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

    • Anagrams

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