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Pedant vs Bookworm - What's the difference?

pedant | bookworm |

As nouns the difference between pedant and bookworm

is that pedant is schoolmaster while bookworm is any of various insects that infest books.

As an adjective pedant

is pedantic.

pedant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.
  • * , vol. 1 ch. 24:
    • I have in my youth oftentimes beene vexed to see a Pedant [tr. pedante''] brought in, in most of Italian comedies, for a vice or sport-maker, and the nicke-name of ''Magister to be of no better signification amongst us.
  • A person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary.
  • (label) A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

    • Derived terms

    * pedantic * pedantry

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse pedant' with '''pendant''' or ' pennant .

    See also

    * (wikipedia "pedant") *

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English refractory feminine rhymes ----

    bookworm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various insects that infest books.
  • An avid book reader.

    • See also

    * (avid reader) bibliophile