Tory vs. Conservative

Tory vs. Conservative — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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.

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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 estimate

Conservativeadjective

unimaginatively conventional;

a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business

Conservativeadjective

conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;

a bourgeois mentality