scholar vs initiate

initiate vs scholar

scholar and initiate both are nouns.

scholar is not a verb while initiate is a verb.

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

As nouns, initiate is a hyponym of scholar; that is, initiate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scholar:

scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
initiate: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Other hyponyms of scholar include academician, schoolman, alum, grad, graduate, Arabist, bibliographer, bibliophile, book lover, booklover, Cabalist, Kabbalist, doctor, Dr., goliard, historian, historiographer, humanist, learned person, pundit, savant, Islamist, licentiate, Masorete, Masorite, Massorete, master, mujtihad, musicologist, bookworm, pedant, scholastic, philomath, philosopher, post doc, postdoc, reader, Renaissance man, generalist, Renaissance man, salutatorian, salutatory speaker, scholiast, medieval Schoolman, Schoolman, Shakespearean, Shakespearian, Sinologist, theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer, valedictorian, valedictory speaker, Vedist.

scholar (noun)	initiate (noun)
a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines	people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs	someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
a student who holds a scholarship	someone new to a field or activity

scholar (verb)	initiate (verb)
	set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
	bring up a topic for discussion
	take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
	bring into being
	accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

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