scholar vs intellect

scholar and intellect both are nouns.

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

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

scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
intellect: a person who uses the mind creatively

Other hypernyms of scholar include intellectual.

scholar (noun)	intellect (noun)
a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines	the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs	knowledge and intellectual ability
a student who holds a scholarship	a person who uses the mind creatively