heathen和pagan有什么异同啊

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pagan 无宗教信仰者 不信教 非基督教徒

late Middle English: from Latin paganus 'villager, rustic', from pagus 'country district'. Latin paganus also meant 'civilian', becoming, in Christian Latin, 'heathen' (i.e. one not enrolled in the army of Christ)

heathen 不信上帝者, 异教徒, 野蛮人, 粗野的人

语源
Old English hathen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heiden and German Heide; generally regarded as a specifically Christian use of a Germanic adjective meaning inhabiting open country, from the base of heath

pagan 无宗教信仰者 不信教 非基督教徒