Some Guy wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message

No problem. Treason is a traitorous act, and a traitor is the
person
committing the traitorous act.

That much is obvious, but your chosen usage belies a poor grasp of
your
[presumably] native language, if not, as so often in the past, the
facts of
a particular issue.

Your original quote was "...Yeah, yeah, anybody who doesn't goose
step to
the party is either a traitor, or treasonous..." So, this
particular
person is either a traitor or treasonous. As the two words are
merely
different form of the same root,

Nope. Treason IS the root. Traitor is the root of traitorous.

the former the noun and the latter the
adjective, your statement is akin to saying "That car is either red
or red".
A traitor has, by implication, performed a treasonous act. One who
has
performed a treasonous act is, by definition, a traitor.

See above. a traitor is "one who betrays one's country, a cause, or a
trust, especially one who commits treason."

Treason, on the other hand is "violation of allegiance toward one's
country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by
waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its
enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence."

So, all of that being said, you could be a traitor, by betraying your
country, without being guilty of treason.

Given that your statement makes no sense in the original format, my
query
was simply an attempt to ascertain your intended meaning. Perhaps a
pointless endeavor.

As proved above, it makes great sense.

...perhaps you can look
them up at dictionary.com, to save yourself some embarrassment.

Hmmm. Yes, perhaps.

If you would, you'd know that my original sentence, "Yeah, yeah,
anybody who doesn't goose step to the party is either a traitor, or
treasonous" used both correctly.