general practitioner vs physician

general practitioner and physician both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
general practitioner	Yes	No	No	No
physician	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physician is a hypernym of general practitioner; that is, physician is a word with a broader meaning than general practitioner:

general practitioner: a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
physician: a licensed medical practitioner

Other hypernyms of general practitioner include doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico.

general practitioner (noun)	physician (noun)
a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses	a licensed medical practitioner

general practitioner vs physician

general practitioner and physician both are nouns.

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