Difference between Sectarian and Clique

What is the difference between Sectarian and Clique?

Sectarian as a noun is a member of a sect. while Clique as a noun is a small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal

Sectarian

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A member of a sect. A bigot.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, or relating to a sect. Dogmatic or partisan. Parochial or narrow-minded. Bigoted.

Example sentence: This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination.

Clique

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabalA subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

Example sentence: Try to have as diverse group of friends as possible and don't get into the the clique scenario.

We hope you now know whether to use Sectarian or Clique in your sentence.

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