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Protester vs Pilgrim - What's the difference?

protester | pilgrim |

As nouns the difference between protester and pilgrim

is that protester is one who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling while pilgrim is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As a proper noun pilgrim is

a settler of the usually used in plural.

protester

English

Alternative forms

* protestor

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who protests, either singly or in a public display of group feeling.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
  • (legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

    • Related terms

    * dissenter * dissident * demonstrator

    pilgrim

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
  • * Bible, Hebrews xi. 13
    • strangers and pilgrims on the earth

    Derived terms

    * pilgrimage

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To journey; to wander; to ramble.
    • (Grew)
    (Carlyle)
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