Difference between Abstinent and Celibate

What is the difference between Abstinent and Celibate?

Abstinent as an adjective is refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. - beaumont and fletcher while Celibate as an adjective is not married

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.

Celibate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not marriedAbstaining from sexual relations and pleasures

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Person who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

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

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