Sagan vs Pagan - What's the difference?
sagan | pagan |
Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.
(by extension, pejorative) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan.
(by extension) (perjoritive, politically incorrect ) An uncivilized or unsocialized person
(perjoritive, politically incorrect ) Especially an unruly, badly educated child.
As nouns the difference between sagan and pagan
is that sagan is a unit of measurement equal to at least four billion while pagan is a person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan.As an adjective pagan is
relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.As a proper noun Pagan is
a given name derived from Latin.sagan
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Alternative forms
*saganReferences
*Sagan'' at dictionary.reference.com (''Jargon File ) * William Safire,
ON LANGUAGE; Footprints on the Infobahn, New York Times , April 17, 1994 * Carl Sagan, Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium , Random House, 1997
pagan
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Adjective
(-)- ''Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
Usage notes
* When referring to modern paganism, the term is now often capitalized, like other terms referring to religions.Synonyms
* (religion) heathenish * (civilisation) barbarian, barbaric (pejorative)Antonyms
* (religion) Abrahamist, Judeo-ChristianHyponyms
* pantheistic * nature-worshipping * neo-paganDerived terms
* paganism * neopagan * paganlyNoun
(en noun)- This community has a surprising number of pagans .