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Religious vs Faithless - What's the difference?

religious | faithless |

As adjectives the difference between religious and faithless

is that religious is concerning religion while faithless is lacking faith; lacking belief in something.

As a noun religious

is a member of a religious order, ie a monk or nun.

religious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerning religion.
    • It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
  • Committed to the practice of religion.
    • I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
  • Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
    • I'm a religious fan of college basketball.

    Antonyms

    * (concerning religion) * (committed to religion) * (highly dedicated)

    Hyponyms

    * Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Wiccan, Eckist, Druid, Jain, , Sikh, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Unitarian Universalist, New Ager, reconstructionist, LaVeyan Satanist, Scientologist, Rastafarian, Taoist, pagan, spiritist, humanist, Thelemite, Confucianist

    Related terms

    * irreligious * religion * religious education * religious leader * religious order * religious studies * religiously * religiousness * sacrilegious

    Noun

    (religious)
  • A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 354:
    • Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious , Scholastica.

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    faithless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
  • * 1970 , Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days , p. 58:
    • "You're so faithless about pills," he said, "that I'm not going to give you any."
  • Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
  • Unfaithful; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
  • * 1996 , Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed , p. 283:
    • Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life...
  • Not observant of promises or covenants.
  • Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; treacherous; disloyal.
  • Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.

    • Derived terms

    * faithless elector * faithlessly * faithlessness

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