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Zealot vs Moonie - What's the difference?

zealot | moonie |

As nouns the difference between zealot and moonie

is that zealot is one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic while Moonie is a member of the Unification Church; a follower of its founder Sun Myung Moon

zealot

English

(wikipedia zealot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
  • (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
  • (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

    • Quotations

    * 1733': For modes of faith, let graceless '''zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right — Alexander Pope, ''Essay on Man, Epistle III * 1892': Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed '''zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, ''Buddha at Kamakura

    Synonyms

    * enthusiast * fanatic

    Related terms

    () * jealous * jealousy * zeal * zealotry * zealous

    Anagrams

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    moonie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A member of the
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=1981 , date=July 6 , work=Sunday Times , passage=The Unification Church, or the "Moonies"' as they are commonly known, have a thriving work in South Africa, with their headquarters in Hillbrow and a ' Moonie farm near Muldersdrift.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1991 , publisher=Regnery Gateway , author= , title=Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon , chapter= , url= , isbn=9780895265326 , page= , passage=I am a proud Korean – a proud Moonie – and a dedicated anti-Communist and I intend to remain so the rest of my life -Bo Hi Pak}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2005 , date=July 3 , author=Renee Watabe , title=Modern Love - A Leap of Faith , work= citation , page= , passage=We "Moonies" were willing to sacrifice personal choice to spin gold out of the raw silk of ourselves, to help create world harmony through family harmony.}}
  • (informal) A person who shows exceptional enthusiasm for a cause or organization, a zealot.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1997, publisher=Simon & Schuster , author=Nancy Griffin, Kim Masters , title=Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber took Sony for a ride in Hollywood , chapter= , url= , isbn=0684832666 , page=197 , passage=CAA agents were sometimes called the "Moonies " of the business, famous for walking in lock-step.}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date=August 15 , author=Henry Winter , title=Manchester City's Blue Moonies have their faith rewarded , work= citation , page= , passage=From boardroom to terrace via the dug-out, such an evangelical zeal suffuses Manchester City's new mission that they should really be renamed the Blue Moonies .}}
  • A fan of the Japanese manga and anime franchise (Sailor Moon) .
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  • (informal) Common nickname in English-speaking countries.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2013, publisher=WestBow Press , author=Hayden Nicholas , title=Ezekiel's Choice, , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=100 , passage=How did Moonie get his nickname? He told us it had something to do with him being born during a full moon.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2010, publisher=Author House , author=Bob Ruchhoft, Phil Smith , title=Good Cop, Dead Cop, , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page= , passage=Michael "Moonie" Miller was feeling pretty good about things. The day was beautiful. A little breeze, nice and warm, was blowing in from the desert as if often does this time of year in the Los Angeles basin. Two days before Halloween and it's 81 degrees, mid-afternoon. It can't get much better than this, he thought. "Moonie" acquired his nickname years ago but it was hardly relevant anymore.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2005, publisher=McClelland & Stewart , author=Maggie Siggins , title=Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=128 , passage=He was nicknamed Moonie, because he was such a daydreamer in school.}}
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    • Synonyms

    * (member of Unification Church) Unificationist

    References

    English neologisms