medical practitioner vs physician

medical practitioner and physician both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medical practitioner	Yes	No	No	No
physician	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physician is a hyponym of medical practitioner; that is, physician is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medical practitioner:

medical practitioner: someone who practices medicine
physician: a licensed medical practitioner

Other hyponyms of medical practitioner include dental practitioner, dentist, tooth doctor, doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, inoculator, vaccinator, medic, medical officer.

medical practitioner (noun)	physician (noun)
someone who practices medicine	a licensed medical practitioner

medical practitioner vs physician

medical practitioner and physician both are nouns.

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