humanist vs classicist

humanist and classicist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
humanist	Yes	Yes	No	No
classicist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, classicist is a hyponym of humanist; that is, classicist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than humanist:

Other hyponyms of humanist include classical scholar, man of letters, philologist, philologue.

humanist (noun)	classicist (noun)
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts	an artistic person who adheres to classicism
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans	a student of ancient Greek and Latin

humanist (adjective)	classicist (adjective)
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare