Unfriendly vs Sectarian - What's the difference?
unfriendly | sectarian | Related terms |
not friendly; hostile; mean
unfavourable
An enemy.
* 2005 , Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
* 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
Of, or relating to a sect.
Dogmatic or partisan.
Parochial or narrow-minded.
Bigoted.
Unfriendly is a related term of sectarian.
As adjectives the difference between unfriendly and sectarian
is that unfriendly is not friendly; hostile; mean while sectarian is of, or relating to a sect.As nouns the difference between unfriendly and sectarian
is that unfriendly is an enemy while sectarian is a member of a sect.unfriendly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Antonyms
* friendlyDerived terms
* user-unfriendlyNoun
(unfriendlies)- Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
- You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).
sectarian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.