What the difference between a missionary and a mercenary?

What the difference between a missionary and a mercenary? Please give me a understandable answer.

Answer #1

A missionary works to teach someone about their religion with the eventual goal of converting them.

A mercenary is a (usually) trained soldier that can be hired by anyone for a fee.

Answer #2

A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to carry on ministries of the word, such as evangelism and literacy, or ministries of service, such as education, social justice, health care and economic development.

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