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Faithful vs Valid - What's the difference?

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Faithful is a related term of valid.


As adjectives the difference between faithful and valid

is that faithful is loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause while valid is valid.

As a noun faithful

is the practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

faithful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
  • My dog is a very faithful dog.
  • having faith
  • Some people are faithful to their god.
  • reliable; worthy of trust
  • My servant is very faithful .
  • consistent with reality
  • I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
  • engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner
  • They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.

    Derived terms

    * faithfully * faithfulness

    See also

    * go to the wall for someone * stand by * true

    Noun

    (-)
  • The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
  • The faithful pray five times a day.

    valid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
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    I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
  • Acceptable, proper or correct.
  • A valid format for the date is MM/DD/YY.
    Do not drive without a valid license.
  • Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
  • (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
  • (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
  • An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.

    Antonyms

    * invalid

    Hyponyms

    * sound