What's the difference between kaffir and unbeliever?

Kaffir


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Kafir

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
  • (2) Abbott told parliament last week’s police raids came after “an Australian [Isis] operative instructed his followers to pluck people from the street to demonstrate that they could, in his words, ‘kill kaffirs’ ”.
  • (3) One senior contractor told me, on condition of anonymity, that a South African contractor told him killing an Iraqi was just like "shooting a kaffir".
  • (4) There are already people who think of us as kaffirs [infidels], and a primetime documentary airing these opinions will only inflame that view and provide justification for sectarian hatred and violence."
  • (5) Plush sofas, theatrical curtains and funky lighting from competing chandeliers give the place an aesthetic that serves as the perfect setting for fusion martinis such as Rozameltini (pisco, kaffir lime and fresh blueberry juice, £8) or Mirotini (Grand Marnier, pisco, passion fruit and raspberry juice, £4.80).
  • (6) Her dinner companion, who describes herself as a 16 years old, replied: “uh wanna behead some kaffirs [non Muslims] now”.
  • (7) And Wally Serote, a leading poet and writer, suggested the painting was no different to labelling black people "kaffirs" – a highly offensive term.
  • (8) • iheartfalafel.com Carte Blanche Pretty much defying categories, this ultra-cute trailer's owner, Jessie, says the style of cooking is "completely our own", mixing it up with a dizzying range of eclectic components: kaffir lime leaves in coconut milk to rosemary beets and beer-braised ribs.
  • (9) "They say: 'You're just a kaffir, an American collaborator," he says.
  • (10) During Nelson Mandela's presidency, he notes, "it was the only city in which he was met with a placard that referred to him with the K-word [the taboo term "kaffir"].
  • (11) A friend heard a white fan, at Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld stadium, insult an official repeatedly with the word " kaffir " when he was prevented from bringing his own beer into the stadium.
  • (12) After 2013, he returned and began calling all those around him ‘kaffirs’ [unbelievers],” his brother says.

Unbeliever


Definition:

  • (n.) One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.
  • (n.) A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is unbelievable that he would continue to say that, but he says it.
  • (2) An unbelievably convenient boost to demand in this country – and indeed to all economies that are major importers of oil – has come in the nick of electoral time from the halving of the world price of crude.
  • (3) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
  • (4) The extensive surveillance, phone records and the evidence of the couriers made their denials unbelievable.
  • (5) It’s an unbelievable privilege and unbelievable responsibility to take a jewel and treat it in a way that is respectful of its past but brings it into the future.” Fortunately for both men, the signs are positive.
  • (6) Hotels are an easy option, often patronised by individuals who can be depicted as “unbelievers”, or representatives of the so-called Crusader-Zionist alliance so hated by the extremists, and usually poorly protected too.
  • (7) PhDs require funding, and veterinary nursing is unbelievably oversubscribed.
  • (8) "Unbelievable jobs numbers… these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers," he said on Twitter .
  • (9) Gravett and others who lived through DADT told the Guardian that so much had changed since the repeal, though the past feels unbelievable at times.
  • (10) "People seem shocked that we're going home, but what happened up there was unbelievable.
  • (11) While the search continued her son Adam Fawell, 29, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The support we are getting from friends and family is unbelievable and the stuff that is going around generally is incredible and a little bit overwhelming.” Elaine McIver, 43 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Elaine McIver The family of Elaine McIver confirmed on Thursday that she had been killed in the blast on Monday.
  • (12) It was an unbelievable feeling,” Keating told Associated Press, adding she felt “totally blessed and loved” by the pope.
  • (13) Yes, Khodorkovsky has been very unlucky in his fate, but we, his compatriots, have been unbelievably lucky: the party of human dignity is today embodied by an individual who conducts himself in a model fashion and does not bend or break under pressure.
  • (14) Alfredo Serrano (@TheAlfrigerator) Papi is unbelievable.
  • (15) It was very strange, almost unbelievable," he says.
  • (16) Friedman said conservative social scientists and economists who testified for Michigan were "unbelievable" and "clearly represent a fringe viewpoint".
  • (17) Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that.” The appearance, her fourth on the late-night talk show circuit after stints on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, also had lighter moments.
  • (18) Ftis said: “What I saw last night, it’s unbelievable.
  • (19) We are unbelievably sophisticated at that.” His most celebrated work, the remaking of Berlin’s bombed-out Neues Museum , which opened in 2009 after a decade of work he called “an unbelievably positive experience”, was based on a serious debate about meaning that he finds lacking in Britain.
  • (20) "The scene is just unbelievable," a witness told the Guardian.

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