postdoc vs scholarly person

postdoc and scholarly person both are nouns.

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

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

postdoc: a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
scholarly person: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of postdoc include investigator, research worker, researcher, bookman, scholar.

postdoc (noun)	scholarly person (noun)
a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research