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Linguist vs Linguism - What's the difference?

linguist | linguism |

As nouns the difference between linguist and linguism

is that linguist is one who studies linguistics while linguism is discrimination based on a person's language.

linguist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who studies linguistics.
  • A person skilled in languages.
  • A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.

    • Derived terms

    * bilinguist * linguistic * linguistics * trilinguist

    See also

    * (l) * (l)

    linguism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • based on a person's language.

    • Related terms

    * linguicism * linguisticism