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medical practitioner vs health professional

health professional vs medical practitioner

medical practitioner and health professional both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
medical practitioner Yes No No No
health professional Yes No No No
As nouns, health professional is a hypernym of medical practitioner; that is, health professional is a word with a broader meaning than medical practitioner:
  • medical practitioner: someone who practices medicine
  • health professional: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
Other hypernyms of medical practitioner include caregiver, health care provider, PCP, primary care provider.
medical practitioner (noun) health professional (noun)
someone who practices medicine a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
Difference between medical practitioner and health professional

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