Renaissance man vs generalist

Renaissance man and generalist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Renaissance man	Yes	No	No	No
generalist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Renaissance man and generalist are synonyms defined as:

Renaissance man and generalist: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests

Renaissance man (noun)	generalist (noun)
a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics	a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests