intellectual vs expounder

expounder vs intellectual

intellectual and expounder both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but expounder is not an adjective.

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

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

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
expounder: a person who explains

Other hyponyms of intellectual include anomalist, exponent, alchemist, aphorist, bel esprit, clever clogs, clever Dick, decipherer, decoder, egghead, expositor, 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)	expounder (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	a person who explains

intellectual (adjective)	expounder (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 expounder

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