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Physicist vs Mathematician - What's the difference?

physicist | mathematician |

As nouns the difference between physicist and mathematician

is that physicist is a person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level while mathematician is an expert on mathematics.

physicist

English

(wikipedia physicist)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
  • (archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to (vitalist)).

    • mathematician

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mathematitian (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expert on mathematics.

    • References

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