aphorist vs intellect

aphorist and intellect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aphorist	Yes	No	No	No
intellect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intellect is a hypernym of aphorist; that is, intellect is a word with a broader meaning than aphorist:

Other hypernyms of aphorist include intellectual.

aphorist (noun)	intellect (noun)
someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms	the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
	knowledge and intellectual ability
	a person who uses the mind creatively