Difference between Abstainer and Abstinent

What is the difference between Abstainer and Abstinent?

Abstainer as a noun is agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something they enjoy, such as the use of intoxicating liquors. while Abstinent as a noun is one who abstains.

Abstainer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something they enjoy, such as the use of intoxicating liquors.

Abstinent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. - Beaumont and Fletcher

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who abstains.One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

We hope you now know whether to use Abstainer or Abstinent in your sentence.

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