scholiast vs scholarly person

scholiast and scholarly person both are nouns.

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

As nouns, scholarly person is a hypernym of scholiast; that is, scholarly person is a word with a broader meaning than scholiast:

scholiast: a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
scholarly person: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of scholiast include bookman, scholar.

scholiast (noun)	scholarly person (noun)
a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines