Heathen vs Paganism - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between heathen and paganism

is that heathen is a person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan while paganism is indigenous and polytheistic religions.

is not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.

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Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.

(by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.

(pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).

(s)

A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.

* V. Knox

If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens .

(by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.

(an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).

* heathendom * heathenish * heathenism * heathenize * heathenness

(wikipedia paganism)

Indigenous and polytheistic religions.

Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism .

A class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

While paganism is a broad term, most forms pay close attention to the lunar and solar cycles.