scholarly person vs scholar

scholarly person and scholar both are nouns.

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

As nouns, scholarly person and scholar are synonyms defined as:

scholarly person and scholar: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other synonyms of scholarly person include bookman.

scholarly person (noun)	scholar (noun)
a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
	a student who holds a scholarship