Proselyte vs Novice - What's the difference?
proselyte | novice |
One who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
* King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:
To proselytize.
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
(senseid)(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian , Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:
As nouns the difference between proselyte and novice
is that proselyte is proselyte while novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.As an adjective proselyte
is proselytic.proselyte
English
(wikipedia proselyte)Noun
(en noun)- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte , and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Verb
(proselyt)Derived terms
* proselyter * proselytic * proselytismAnagrams
* * ----novice
English
Noun
(en noun)- I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.
- Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice , chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead [...].