Faithful vs. Trustful

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  • Faithful (adjective)

    Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

    “My dog is a very faithful dog: he doesn’t like to be petted by anybody else.”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    Having faith.

  • Faithful (adjective)

    Reliable; worthy of trust.

    “My servant is very faithful.”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    Consistent with reality.

    “I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    Engaging in sexual relations only with one’s spouse or long-term sexual partner.

    “They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    (Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representation or functors in category theory.

  • Faithful (noun)

    The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

    “The faithful pray five times a day.”

  • Faithful (noun)

    Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.

  • Trustful (adjective)

    Trusting; willing to trust.

  • Trustful (adjective)

    Trustworthy.

Wiktionary
  • Faithful (adjective)

    remaining loyal and steadfast

    “the city has always been faithful to the Conservative party”

    “employees who had notched up decades of faithful service”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    (of a spouse or partner) never having a sexual relationship with anyone else

    “her husband was faithful to her”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    (of an object) reliable

    “my faithful compass”

  • Faithful (adjective)

    true to the facts or the original

    “the film was faithful to the book”

  • Faithful (noun)

    those who are faithful to a particular religion or political party

    “a muezzin called the faithful to prayer”

Oxford Dictionary

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