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Naturist vs Naturalist - What's the difference?

naturist | naturalist |

As nouns the difference between naturist and naturalist

is that naturist is one who prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of health while naturalist is a person committed to studying nature or natural history.

naturist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of health.
  • One who believes in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.
    • (Boyle)

    Synonyms

    * nudist

    Related terms

    * naturism

    Anagrams

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    naturalist

    English

    (wikipedia naturalist)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A person committed to studying nature or natural history.
  • (philosophy) A person who believes]] in or [[advocate, advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.

    • See also

    * botanist * biologist * geologist * scientist * zoologist