surgeon vs sawbones

surgeon and sawbones both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surgeon	Yes	No	No	No
sawbones	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgeon and sawbones are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of surgeon include operating surgeon.

surgeon (noun)	sawbones (noun)
a physician who specializes in surgery	a physician who specializes in surgery