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Copist vs Copyist - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between copist and copyist

is that copist is a copier while copyist is a person who makes written copies of manuscripts; a scrivener or scribe.

copist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A copier.
    • A copist after nature. — Shaftesbury.
    (Webster 1913)

    copyist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who makes written copies of manuscripts; a scrivener or scribe