martyr

As nouns the difference between martyr and smallpox

is that martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom while smallpox is (pathology) an acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by of the family poxviridae it was completely eradicated in the 1970s those who survived were left with pockmarks.

As a verb martyr

is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and martyr

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.

As a verb martyr is

to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

In lang=en terms the difference between martyr and scapegoat

is that martyr is to torment; to torture while scapegoat is to blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.

As nouns the difference between martyr and scapegoat

is that martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom while scapegoat is in the mosaic day of atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

As verbs the difference between martyr and scapegoat

is that martyr is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession while scapegoat is to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

As nouns the difference between patriots and martyr

is that patriots is plural of lang=en while martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.

As a verb martyr is

to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

As nouns the difference between martyr and passionary

is that martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom while passionary is a book in which the sufferings of saints and martyrs are described.

As a verb martyr

is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

As a noun martyr

is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.

As a verb martyr

is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

As an adjective martyrlike is

resembling or characteristic of a martyr.