orientalist vs specialist

orientalist and specialist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
orientalist	Yes	No	No	No
specialist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, specialist is a hypernym of orientalist; that is, specialist is a word with a broader meaning than orientalist:

orientalist: a specialist in oriental subjects
specialist: an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

Other hypernyms of orientalist include specialiser, specializer.

orientalist (noun)	specialist (noun)
a specialist in oriental subjects	an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
	practices one branch of medicine