Maverick vs Iconoclast - What's the difference?
maverick | iconoclast |
Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
An unbranded range animal.
* Around 1900 , O Henry,
One who does not abide by rules.
One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
(poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.
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One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.
* 2008 The Handbook of Texas Online , William Cowper Brann , Texas State Historical Association, Austin [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbr23.html]:
One who attacks cherished beliefs.
As nouns the difference between maverick and iconoclast
is that maverick is an unbranded range animal while iconoclast is one who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.As an adjective maverick
is showing independence in thoughts or actions.maverick
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a maverick decision.
- He is a maverick person.
Noun
(en noun)- Long Bill was a graduate of the camp and trail. Luck and thrift, a cool head, and a telescopic eye for mavericks had raised him from cowboy to be a cowman.
- Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she was prioritizing hygiene when everybody else involved in healthcare was focused on other things, such as surgery and pills.'' (Source: Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh, ''Trick or Treatment , 2008, p. 36-37.)
Synonyms
* (one who does not abide by rules) individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebelSee also
*References
The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 English eponyms
iconoclast
English
Noun
(en noun)- In February 1895 he [William Cowper Brann, 1855-1898 ] revived publication of the Iconoclast . This time it was successful and eventually attained a circulation of 100,000. Brann took obvious relish in directing his stinging attacks upon institutions and persons he considered to be hypocritical or overly sanctimonious.
