pedant vs scholar

pedant and scholar both are nouns.

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

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

pedant: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of pedant include bookman, scholarly person.

pedant (noun)	scholar (noun)
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit	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