memoriser vs scholar

memoriser and scholar both are nouns.

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

As nouns, scholar is a hypernym of memoriser; that is, scholar is a word with a broader meaning than memoriser:

memoriser: a person who learns by rote
scholar: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Other hypernyms of memoriser include assimilator, learner, student.

memoriser (noun)	scholar (noun)
a person who learns by rote	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