Missionary vs Zealot - What's the difference?
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One who is sent on a mission.
A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
(pejorative) A religious messenger.
(uncountable) A common position for undertaking sexual intercourse.
One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
(historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
(historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
Missionary is a related term of zealot.
As nouns the difference between missionary and zealot
is that missionary is one who is sent on a mission while zealot is one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.missionary
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Noun
(missionaries)- A Muslim missionary was just trying to convert me to Islam .
