humanist vs scholar

scholar vs humanist

humanist and scholar both are nouns.

humanist is an adjective but scholar is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, scholar is a hypernym of humanist; that is, scholar is a word with a broader meaning than humanist:

humanist: a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of humanist include bookman, scholarly person.

humanist (noun)	scholar (noun)
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
	a student who holds a scholarship

humanist (adjective)	scholar (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

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