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What is the difference between polymath and polyhistor?

polymath | polyhistor |

Polyhistor is a synonym of polymath.



As nouns the difference between polymath and polyhistor

is that polymath is a person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge while polyhistor is someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines.

polymath

English

(wikipedia polymath)

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
  • * 1624 , , (The Anatomy of Melancholy) (2nd edn.), p.6:
    • To be thought and held Polumathes and Polihistors.

    Synonyms

    * polyhistor * renaissance man

    Antonyms

    * monomath

    Related terms

    * automath * polymathy * polymathic * polymathist

    Coordinate terms

    * factotum, handyman, jack of all trades, sciolist

    References

    * “ polymath, n. (a.)'']” listed in the '' [2nd ed., 1989 * “ polymath, n. ''and'' adj.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., September 2006

    polyhistor

    English

    (wikipedia polyhistor)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines.
  • a universal scientist (generally in use to describe such a person when the term philosophy meant the entire summation of all scientific knowledge; i.e., generally from the ancient Greeks into the eighteenth century.)

    • Synonyms

    * (gifted in multiple disciplines) polymath, renaissance man

    Quotations

    * (rfdate) Henry Schumann, in German Art from Beckmann to Richter , page 289. *: [Carlfriedrich] Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor , a species rarely found today.