Nun vs Monk - What's the difference?
nun | monk | Antonyms |
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, in some cases living together in a cloister.
By extension, member of a similar female community in other confessions.
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
(slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
(slang) A judge.
(printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
A South American monkey (.
The (European bullfinch).
(Webster 1913)
Monk is a antonym of nun.
As nouns the difference between nun and monk
is that nun is a member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, in some cases living together in a cloister while monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.As a proper noun Nun
is a given name derived from Hebrew.nun
English
Etymology 1
From ) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* sister, moniale, sistrenAntonyms
* (member of a religious community of men) * brother * friar * monk * friar and frater or fatherDerived terms
* nunhood * nunlike, nun-like * nunneryEtymology 2
Ultimately from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* noon *Noun
(en noun)External links
*monk
English
(wikipedia monk)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}