Tory vs. Conservative
Difference Between Tory and Conservative
Torynoun
an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
Conservativenoun
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
Torynoun
a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
Conservativenoun
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
Conservativenoun
A political conservative.
Conservativenoun
A fiscal conservative.
Conservativenoun
A social conservative.
Conservativeadjective
Cautious.
Conservativeadjective
Tending to resist change or innovation.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.Conservativeadjective
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.Conservativeadjective
Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
Conservativeadjective
Relating to the Conservative Party.
Conservativeadjective
Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Conservativeadjective
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Conservativeadjective
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
Conservativeadjective
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
Conservativeadjective
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
Conservativenoun
a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
Conservativeadjective
resistant to change
Conservativeadjective
opposed to liberal reforms
Conservativeadjective
avoiding excess;
a conservative estimateConservativeadjective
unimaginatively conventional;
a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of businessConservativeadjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;
a bourgeois mentality
