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Religious vs Neology - What's the difference?

religious | neology |

As nouns the difference between religious and neology

is that religious is a member of a religious order, ie a monk or nun while neology is the study or art of neologizing (creating new words).

As an adjective religious

is concerning religion.

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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    neology

    English

    Noun

  • The study or art of neologizing (creating new words).
  • The act of introducing a new word into a language
  • (obsolete) The holding of novel or rational religious views

    • Quotations

  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 24, author=William Safire, title=Bird-Dog Minute, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The word burned through the thin, dry-timbered wall of political neology in 1984, as Senator John Glenn’s campaign manager in South Carolina , John Lawson, told the A.P. that Glenn’s campaign “considered six Deep South states to be the crucial states for Glenn ? the fire wall , if you will, between Mondale and the nomination.” }}

    Related terms

    * neologism