intellectual vs skeptic

skeptic vs intellectual

intellectual and skeptic both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but skeptic is not an adjective.

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

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

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
skeptic: someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

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, scholar, scholarly person, doubter, sceptic, specifier, subjectivist, synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer, idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer, creative thinker, mind, thinker, thinker, illusionist, seer, visionary, wonderer.

intellectual (noun)	skeptic (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

intellectual (adjective)	skeptic (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 skeptic

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