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Religious vs Pentecostal - What's the difference?

religious | pentecostal |

As adjectives the difference between religious and pentecostal

is that religious is concerning religion while Pentecostal is of, or relating to Pentecost.

As nouns the difference between religious and pentecostal

is that religious is a member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun while Pentecostal is a member of a Pentecostal church.

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

    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.

    Statistics

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    pentecostal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, or relating to Pentecost
  • of, or relating to a Christian religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a Pentecostal church.
  • (obsolete) An offering formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
  • (Shipley)

    Hypernyms

    * Protestant