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Chemist vs Chemic - What's the difference?

chemist | chemic |

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between chemist and chemic

is that chemist is (obsolete) an alchemist while chemic is (obsolete) a solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

As nouns the difference between chemist and chemic

is that chemist is a person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level while chemic is a chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.

As an adjective chemic is

(archaic) practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.

chemist

English

(wikipedia chemist)

Alternative forms

* chimist (obsolete), chymist (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A new prescription , passage=As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.}}
  • (chiefly, British, NZ) A pharmacist.
  • (chiefly, British, NZ) A pharmacy.
  • (obsolete) An alchemist.

    • Synonyms

    * (pharmacist) apothecary, druggist, pharmacist * (pharmacy) chemist's (British), chemist's shop (British), drugstore (US), pharmacy (especially US)

    Related terms

    * chemistry * alchemist

    Anagrams

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    chemic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * chymic * chymick

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
  • (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I.217:
    • a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
  • Chemical.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
  • * 1633 , John Donne, "The Comparison":
    • like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold
  • (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.