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Linguist vs Russicist - What's the difference?

linguist | russicist |

As nouns the difference between linguist and russicist

is that linguist is linguist (one who studies linguistics) while russicist is a linguist specializing in the russian 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)

    russicist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A linguist specializing in the Russian language.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)