Vedist vs scholar

Vedist and scholar both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Vedist	Yes	No	No	No
scholar	Yes	No	No	No

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

Vedist: a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of Vedist include bookman, scholarly person.

Vedist (noun)	scholar (noun)
a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
	a student who holds a scholarship