Renaissance man vs scholar

Renaissance man and scholar both are nouns.

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

As nouns, scholar is a hypernym of Renaissance man; that is, scholar is a word with a broader meaning than Renaissance man:

Renaissance man: a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of Renaissance man include bookman, scholarly person.

As nouns, scholar is a hypernym of Renaissance man; that is, scholar is a word with a broader meaning than Renaissance man:

Renaissance man: a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of Renaissance man include bookman, scholarly person.

Renaissance man (noun)	scholar (noun)
a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
	a student who holds a scholarship