diplomate vs specialist

diplomate and specialist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diplomate	Yes	No	No	No
specialist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, specialist is a hypernym of diplomate; that is, specialist is a word with a broader meaning than diplomate:

diplomate: medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group
specialist: practices one branch of medicine

Other hypernyms of diplomate include medical specialist.

diplomate (noun)	specialist (noun)
medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group	an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
	practices one branch of medicine