sophist

As nouns the difference between casuist and sophist

is that casuist is a person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty while sophist is one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

As a noun sophist is

one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient greece.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and sophist

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while sophist is one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient greece.

As nouns the difference between presocratics and sophist

is that presocratics is plural of Presocratic|lang=en while sophist is one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

As a noun sophist

is one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient greece.

As an adjective specious is

seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

As a noun sophist

is one of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient greece.

As a proper noun gorgias is

greek sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician.