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What is the difference between chemist and chemistry?

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Chemist is a related term of chemistry.


As nouns the difference between chemist and chemistry

is that chemist is a person whose occupation specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level while chemistry is (uncountable) the branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

chemist

Alternative forms

* chimist (obsolete), chymist (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
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  • (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)

    Anagrams

    * *

    chemistry

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
  • (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
  • the chemistry of iron
    the chemistry of indigo
  • (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
  • Usage notes

    * Historical note:'' This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled ''chy-'' or sometimes ''chi-'' (''i.e.'', ''chymistry'', ''chymist'', ''chymical'', ''etc.'', or ''chimistry'', ''chimist'', ''chimical , etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from chemistry) * actinochemistry * agrochemistry * applied chemistry * astrochemistry * atmochemistry * bacteriochemistry, bacterio-chemistry * biochemistry * biogeochemistry * bucket chemistry * carbochemistry * click chemistry * clinical biochemistry * clinical chemistry * combinatorial chemistry * computational chemistry * coordination chemistry * cosmochemistry * cryochemistry * cytochemistry * dendrochemistry * ecochemistry * electrochemistry * endochemistry * exochemistry * femtochemistry * fluorochemistry * galactochemistry * geochemistry * glycochemistry * haematochemistry * heliochemistry * histochemistry * hydrochemistry * hydrogenochemistry * hydrogeochemistry * iatrochemistry * immunochemistry * immunocytochemistry * immunohistochemistry * inorganic chemistry * isotopic chemistry * limnochemistry, limno-chemistry * lipochemistry * lithochemistry * macrochemistry * magnetochemistry * mechanochemistry * medicinal chemistry * membrane mimetic chemistry * metallobiochemistry * meteorochemistry * microchemistry * mineralochemistry * nanochemistry * neurobiochemistry * neurochemistry * nitrochemistry * nonchemistry * nuclear chemistry * nucleochemistry * oceanochemistry * oleochemistry * organic chemistry * organochemistry, organo-chemistry * organometallic chemistry * oxy-chemistry * palaeogeochemistry * pedochemistry * petrochemistry * petrolochemistry * pharmacochemistry * photochemistry * photoelectrochemistry * photomechanochemistry * physical chemistry * physiological chemistry * phytochemistry * piezochemistry * plasmochemistry * pneumochemistry * polychemistry * practical chemistry * pure chemistry * pyrochemistry * quantum chemistry * radiation chemistry * radiochemistry * regiochemistry * selenochemistry * semiochemistry * silico-chemistry * sociochemistry * soil biochemistry * soil chemistry * sonochemistry * spectrochemistry * spectroelectrochemistry * stereochemistry * thermochemistry * toxicochemistry, toxico-chemistry * virochemistry * wet chemistry * xenochemistry * xylochemistry * * zoochemistry