physician vs medical practitioner

physician and medical practitioner both are nouns.

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

As nouns, medical practitioner is a hypernym of physician; that is, medical practitioner is a word with a broader meaning than physician:

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

Other hypernyms of physician include medical man.

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

physician vs medical practitioner

physician and medical practitioner both are nouns.

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