intellectual vs exponent

exponent vs intellectual

intellectual and exponent both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but exponent is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intellectual	Yes	Yes	No	No
exponent	Yes	No	No	No

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

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
exponent: someone who expounds and interprets or explains

Other hyponyms of intellectual include anomalist, alchemist, aphorist, bel esprit, clever clogs, clever Dick, decipherer, decoder, egghead, expositor, expounder, brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind, highbrow, mentor, wise man, bookman, scholar, scholarly person, doubter, sceptic, skeptic, specifier, subjectivist, synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer, idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer, creative thinker, mind, thinker, thinker, illusionist, seer, visionary, wonderer.

intellectual (noun)	exponent (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
	a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
	someone who expounds and interprets or explains

intellectual (adjective)	exponent (adjective)
appealing to or using the intellect
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

Difference between intellectual and exponent

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