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Specialist vs Specialised - What's the difference?

specialist | specialised |

As adjectives the difference between specialist and specialised

is that specialist is specialised while specialised is standard spelling of from=Non-Oxford British spelling|lang=en|specialized.

As a noun specialist

is someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

As a verb specialised is

past tense of specialise.

specialist

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British) Specialised.

    • Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia specialist)
  • Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
  • (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
  • (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.

    • Synonyms

    * (Someone who is an expert or devoted to a particular area of study) aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur

    Antonyms

    * generalist

    Hypernyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * specialistic

    Related terms

    * specialize * subspecialty * subspecialist

    Anagrams

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    specialised

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (specialise)