Amish vs. Quakers

Amish

The Amish Mennonites.

Amishadjective

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

Amishnoun

an American follower of the Mennonite religion

Amish

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.

Quakersnoun

a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

Quakers

Quakers belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of the various Quaker movements are generally united by a belief in the ability of each human being to experience and access the light within or see .