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head-shrinker vs alienist

alienist vs head-shrinker

head-shrinker and alienist both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
head-shrinker Yes No No No
alienist Yes No No No
As nouns, alienist is a hyponym of head-shrinker; that is, alienist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than head-shrinker:
  • head-shrinker: a physician who specializes in psychiatry
  • alienist: a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
Other hyponyms of head-shrinker include analyst, psychoanalyst.
head-shrinker (noun) alienist (noun)
a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Difference between head-shrinker and alienist

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