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Analyst vs Generalist - What's the difference?

analyst | generalist |

As nouns the difference between analyst and generalist

is that analyst is someone who analyzes while generalist is a person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.

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

    generalist

    English

    (wikipedia generalist)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
  • (medicine) A general practitioner.
  • (ecology) Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions.

    • Antonyms

    * specialist