resident vs physician

physician vs resident

resident and physician both are nouns.

resident is an adjective but physician is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resident	Yes	Yes	No	No
physician	Yes	No	No	No

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

resident: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
physician: a licensed medical practitioner

Other hypernyms of resident include doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico.

resident (noun)	physician (noun)
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there	a licensed medical practitioner
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

resident (adjective)	physician (adjective)
living in a particular place
used of animals that do not migrate

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