house physician vs doctor

doctor vs house physician

house physician and doctor both are nouns.

house physician is not a verb while doctor is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
house physician	Yes	No	No	No
doctor	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

house physician: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
doctor: a licensed medical practitioner

Other hypernyms of house physician include doc, Dr., MD, medico, physician.

house physician (noun)	doctor (noun)
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital	children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
	a licensed medical practitioner
	a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

house physician (verb)	doctor (verb)
	give medical treatment to
	alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
	restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

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