philosopher vs scholarly person

philosopher and scholarly person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
philosopher	Yes	No	No	No
scholarly person	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scholarly person is a hypernym of philosopher; that is, scholarly person is a word with a broader meaning than philosopher:

philosopher: a specialist in philosophy
scholarly person: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of philosopher include bookman, scholar.

philosopher (noun)	scholarly person (noun)
a specialist in philosophy	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity