Philosopher vs Zoilus - What's the difference?
philosopher | zoilus |
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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(400 – 320 B.C.) An ancient Greek rhetorician, philosopher, who harshly criticized Homer's poems.
As nouns the difference between philosopher and zoilus
is that philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy while zoilus is a critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant.As a proper noun Zoilus is
(400 – 320 B.C.) An ancient Greek rhetorician, philosopher, who harshly criticized Homer's poems.philosopher
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Alternative forms
* phylosopher (nonstandard)Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)
