reader vs scholar

scholar vs reader

reader and scholar both are nouns.

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

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

reader: a person who enjoys reading
scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of reader include bookman, scholarly person.

reader (noun)	scholar (noun)
one of a series of texts for students learning to read	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
a person who enjoys reading	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
a public lecturer at certain universities	a student who holds a scholarship
someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
a person who can read; a literate person
someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

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