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Postulant vs Pustulant - What's the difference?

postulant | pustulant |

As nouns the difference between postulant and pustulant

is that postulant is (christianity) a person seeking admission to a religious order while pustulant is (medicine) any medicine that produces pustules.

As an adjective pustulant is

(medicine) producing pustules.

postulant

English

(wikipedia postulant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order
  • A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
  • * 1985 , (Lawrence Durrell), Quinx'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1254:
    • But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

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    pustulant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Producing pustules.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.
    • Croton oil is a pustulant .
    (Webster 1913)