Difference between Recusant and Nonconformist

What is the difference between Recusant and Nonconformist?

Recusant as a noun is someone refusing to attend church of england services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries while Nonconformist as a noun is someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices.

Recusant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

Nonconformist

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not conforming to established customs etc.

We hope you now know whether to use Recusant or Nonconformist in your sentence.

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