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Renegade vs Proselyte - What's the difference?

renegade | proselyte |

As nouns the difference between renegade and proselyte

is that renegade is an outlaw or rebel while proselyte is one who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.

As a verb proselyte is

to proselytize.

renegade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An outlaw or rebel.
  • A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (disloyal person) apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat

    proselyte

    English

    (wikipedia proselyte)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
  • * King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:
    • 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)
  • To proselytize.

    • Derived terms

    * proselyter * proselytic * proselytism

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