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Adherent vs Backer - What's the difference?

adherent | backer | Synonyms |

Adherent is a synonym of backer.


As a verb adherent

is .

As a noun backer is

baker.

adherent

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Adhesive, sticking to something.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  • (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

    • Related terms

    * adhere * adherence * adhesive * coherent * inherent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    backer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, s; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (phonetics) (back)
    • Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller (2005), Phonetics for communication disorders , p. 174:
  • :: /e?/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /?/.
    • English agent nouns