Amish vs. Mennonite — What's the Difference?

The Amish (; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische) are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian Anabaptist origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches.

A member of an Anabaptist church characterized by nonviolence, refusal to swear oaths, and often simplicity of life.

An orthodox Anabaptist sect that separated from the Mennonites in the late 17th century and exists today primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.

A member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life

Of or relating to this sect or its members.

The Amish Mennonites.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States. A branch having particularly strict adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish

An American follower of the Mennonite religion