humanist vs philologist

humanist and philologist both are nouns.

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

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

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

humanist (noun)	philologist (noun)
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts	a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans

humanist (adjective)	philologist (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