Fraternity vs Cult - What's the difference?
fraternity | cult |
The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
A group of people associated for a common purpose.
(US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
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Devotion to a saint.
(lb) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
Of, or relating to a cult.
Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
As nouns the difference between fraternity and cult
is that fraternity is the quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood while cult is a group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.As an adjective cult is
of, or relating to a cult.fraternity
English
(wikipedia fraternity)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* brotherhoodAntonyms
* disfavorSee also
* sororitycult
English
(wikipedia cult)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cargo cult * cultic * cultistSee also
* sectAdjective
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