copyist vs scrivener

copyist and scrivener both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
copyist	Yes	No	No	No
scrivener	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, copyist and scrivener are synonyms defined as:

copyist and scrivener: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Other synonyms of copyist include scribe.

copyist (noun)	scrivener (noun)
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts	someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts