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Theorist vs Theoretical - What's the difference?

theorist | theoretical |

As a noun theorist

is someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.

As an adjective theoretical is

of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

theorist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains.}}

    Synonyms

    * theoretician (less common) * theorizer / theoriser

    Anagrams

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    theoretical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

    • Derived terms

    * intertheoretical * intratheoretical * nontheoretical

    Coordinate terms

    * practical