 Some groups use the word "Druid" for both male and female practitioners, eschewing the term "Druidess" for female followers.Following terms devised by the Druid Philip Carr-Gomm, a distinction has been drawn between "cultural" Druids, who adopt the term as part of their Welsh and Cornish cultural activities, and "esoteric" Druids who pursue the movement as a religion.The scholar of religion Marion Bowman suggested "believing" as an alternative term to "esoteric".