Traditional vs Religious - What's the difference?
traditional | religious |
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
Concerning religion.
Committed to the practice of religion.
Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 354:
As adjectives the difference between traditional and religious
is that traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures while religious is concerning religion.As a noun religious is
a member of a religious order, ie a monk or nun.traditional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think her traditional values are antiquated .
Antonyms
* nontraditional, non-traditional * untraditionalDerived terms
* traditionallyreligious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
- I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
- 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, ConfucianistNoun
(religious)- 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.
