Spartan vs Puritan - What's the difference?
spartan | puritan |
Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
Lacking in decoration and luxury.
(often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex
As nouns the difference between spartan and puritan
is that spartan is a red apple cultivar from british columbia, canada while puritan is a member of a particular protestant religious sect.As a proper noun spartan
is a citizen of sparta.As an adjective spartan
is of or relating to sparta or its citizens.spartan
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.
- The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.
- After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.
