scientist vs investigator

investigator vs scientist

scientist and investigator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scientist	Yes	No	No	No
investigator	Yes	No	No	No

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

scientist: a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
investigator: a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

Other hyponyms of scientist include cosmographer, cosmographist, bibliotist, biologist, life scientist, chemist, cognitive scientist, computer scientist, geologist, linguist, linguistic scientist, mathematician, medical scientist, microscopist, mineralogist, oceanographer, fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist, physicist, PI, principal investigator, psychologist, radiologic technologist, research worker, researcher, social scientist.

scientist (noun)	investigator (noun)
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences	someone who investigates
	a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
	a police officer who investigates crimes

Difference between scientist and investigator

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