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Analyst vs Analytical - What's the difference?

analyst | analytical |

As a noun analyst

is business analyst.

As an adjective analytical is

of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment.

analyst

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who analyzes
  • (mathematics) a mathematician who studies real analysis
  • (computing) a systems analyst
  • (psychiatry) a practitioner of psychoanalysis
  • a financial analyst; a business analyst

    • See also

    * analyst programmer * annalist

    analytical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment
  • Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.

    • Derived terms

    * analytical chemistry * analytical table of contents

    Related terms

    * analytic