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Superstitious vs Credulous - What's the difference?

superstitious | credulous |

As adjectives the difference between superstitious and credulous

is that superstitious is susceptible to superstitions while credulous is excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

superstitious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Susceptible to superstitions.
  • Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
  • (archaic) overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous

    • Synonyms

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    credulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
  • (obsolete) Believed too readily.

    • Derived terms

    * credulously * credulousness

    Related terms

    * credulity

    Synonyms

    * naive, unworldly * See also:

    Antonyms

    * incredulous

    References

    * (etymology)