bookman vs philomath

philomath vs bookman

bookman and philomath both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bookman	Yes	No	No	No
philomath	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, philomath is a hyponym of bookman; that is, philomath is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bookman:

bookman: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
philomath: a lover of learning

Other hyponyms of bookman include academician, schoolman, alum, grad, graduate, Arabist, bibliographer, bibliophile, book lover, booklover, Cabalist, Kabbalist, doctor, Dr., goliard, historian, historiographer, humanist, initiate, learned person, pundit, savant, Islamist, licentiate, Masorete, Masorite, Massorete, master, mujtihad, musicologist, bookworm, pedant, scholastic, philosopher, post doc, postdoc, reader, Renaissance man, generalist, Renaissance man, salutatorian, salutatory speaker, scholiast, medieval Schoolman, Schoolman, Shakespearean, Shakespearian, Sinologist, theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer, valedictorian, valedictory speaker, Vedist.

bookman (noun)	philomath (noun)
a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines	a lover of learning

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