Tory vs. Conservative

Tory and Conservative Definitions
Tory
A member of a British political party, founded in 1689, that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832.
Conservative
Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
Tory
A member of a Conservative party, as in Canada.
Conservative
Traditional or restrained in style
A conservative dark suit.
Tory
An American who, during the period of the American Revolution, favored the British side. Also called Loyalist.
Conservative
Moderate; cautious
A conservative estimate.
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Tory
Often tory A supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of democratization or reform; a political conservative.
Conservative
Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
Tory
Alternative case form of Tory
Conservative
Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
Tory
Alternative case form of Tory
Conservative
Conservative Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political conservatism, especially in the United Kingdom or Canada.
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Tory
A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of existing royal and ecclesiastical authority.
Conservative
Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.
Tory
One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting to the claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent to the crown.
Conservative
Tending to conserve; preservative
The conservative use of natural resources.
Tory
Of or pertaining to the Tories.
Conservative
One favoring traditional views and values.
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Tory
An American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
Conservative
A supporter of political conservatism.
Tory
A supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
Conservative
Conservative A member or supporter of a Conservative political party.
Conservative
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
Conservative
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
Conservative
A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
Conservative
A fiscal conservative.
Conservative
A social conservative.
Conservative
Cautious, moderate.
The chef added a conservative amount of salt to the dish.
Conservative
Tending to resist change or innovation.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
Conservative
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
Conservative
Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
Conservative
Relating to the Conservative Party.
Conservative
Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Conservative
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Conservative
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
Conservative
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
Conservative
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
Conservative
Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Conservative
Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.
Conservative
Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; - contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party.
Conservative
One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life.
Conservative
One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; - opposed to revolutionary or radical.
Conservative
A member of the Conservative party.
Conservative
A person who has conservative ideas or opinions
Conservative
Resistant to change
Conservative
Opposed to liberal reforms
Conservative
Avoiding excess;
A conservative estimate
Conservative
Unimaginatively conventional;
A colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business
Conservative
Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;
A bourgeois mentality