intellectual vs scholar

scholar vs intellectual

intellectual and scholar both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but scholar is not an adjective.

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

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

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hyponyms of intellectual include anomalist, exponent, alchemist, aphorist, bel esprit, clever clogs, clever Dick, decipherer, decoder, egghead, expositor, expounder, brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind, highbrow, mentor, wise man, bookman, 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)	scholar (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
	a student who holds a scholarship

intellectual (adjective)	scholar (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

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