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Linguist vs Multilingual - What's the difference?

linguist | multilingual |

As a noun linguist

is linguist (one who studies linguistics).

As an adjective multilingual is

pertaining to multiple languages.

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)

    multilingual

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia multilingual) (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to multiple languages.
  • (of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

    • Related terms

    * language * multilingualism

    See also

    * polyglot