Vedist vs scholarly person

Vedist and scholarly person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Vedist	Yes	No	No	No
scholarly person	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of Vedist include bookman, scholar.

Vedist (noun)	scholarly person (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