Philomath vs Philosopher - What's the difference?
philomath | philosopher |
(archaic) A lover of learning; a scholar.
* 1824 , Rev. Philip Skelton, The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Philip Skelton, Rector of Fintona , page 27:
* 1896 , John Bach McMaster, Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters , page 108:
An astrologer or predictor.
*2007, Thomas Fleming, Benjamin Frankiln: Inventing America , Sterling point books, age 33
*:"The success of an almanac depended upon the appeal of the "philomath"-the resident astologer who did the writing and predicting."
A person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.
* 2007 , (Harold Bloom), Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Stephen King
*:Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher . He knows how to sell tickets.
* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice)
*:This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
(obsolete) An alchemist.
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As nouns the difference between philomath and philosopher
is that philomath is (archaic) a lover of learning; a scholar while philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.philomath
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Noun
(en noun)- For this (in my humble opinion, not very important purpose, and fitter to employ the talent of a philomath than a Newton) he and Leibnitz, much about the same, struck out a fluxional method, which they both took for a demonstration.
- Jerman for twenty years past had been the author of a Quaker almanac, and had for about the same time been engaged in a fierce almanac warfare with Jacob Taylor, a philomath and a printer of Friends’ books.
philosopher
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Alternative forms
* phylosopher (nonstandard)Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)