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Student vs Seminarist - What's the difference?

student | seminarist |

As nouns the difference between student and seminarist

is that student is student while seminarist is a student training to be a priest at a roman catholic seminary.

student

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who studies a particular academic subject.
  • A student of philosophy.
  • (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
  • He is a student of life.
  • A person enrolled at a university.
  • The students were out raising funds for rag week.
  • (chiefly, North America) A schoolchild.
  • Synonyms

    * (person who studies a particular subject) scholar * (person seriously devoted to some subject) devotee * (schoolchild) pupil, schoolchild * disciple

    Antonyms

    * teacher

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    seminarist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A student training to be a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary.
  • A member of a seminar.
  • Synonyms

    * seminarian