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Philologist vs Semanticist - What's the difference?

philologist | semanticist |

As nouns the difference between philologist and semanticist

is that philologist is a person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies while semanticist is a person who studies semantics.

philologist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

    • Synonyms

    * philologer

    External links

    * (wikipedia "philologist")

    semanticist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who studies semantics.