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Faithless vs Traitorous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between faithless and traitorous

is that faithless is lacking faith; lacking belief in something while traitorous is characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.

faithless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
  • * 1970 , Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days , p. 58:
    • "You're so faithless about pills," he said, "that I'm not going to give you any."
  • Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
  • Unfaithful; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
  • * 1996 , Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed , p. 283:
    • Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life...
  • Not observant of promises or covenants.
  • Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; treacherous; disloyal.
  • Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.

    • Derived terms

    * faithless elector * faithlessly * faithlessness

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    traitorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * traitourous (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal
  • (legal) Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious