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Aesthete vs Athlete - What's the difference?

aesthete | athlete |

As nouns the difference between aesthete and athlete

is that aesthete is someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature while athlete is athlete.

aesthete

English

(wikipedia aesthete)

Alternative forms

* esthete * (chiefly UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.

    • Derived terms

    * anaesthete * synaesthete

    Related terms

    * aesthetic

    athlete

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
    She's the first athlete in her sport to come out as gay.
  • (US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, possibly highly skilled in sports. (Known in British English as a "sportsperson".)
  • An exceptionally physically fit person.

    • Synonyms

    * sportsperson

    Derived terms

    * athlete's foot * biathlete * decathlete * heptathlete * parathlete * para-athlete * triathlete