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Erudite vs. Scholastic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Erudite and Scholastic

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Erudite

Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
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Scholastic

Of or relating to schools; academic
Scholastic accomplishment.
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Erudite

Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
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Scholastic

Often Scholastic Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scholasticism.
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Erudite

A learned or scholarly person
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Scholastic

Overly subtle or pedantic
"The debates ... between communist and socialist formations [of the unions] on an industrial and labor strategy were often scholastic and tortuous" (Norman Birnbaum).
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Erudite

Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
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Scholastic

Often Scholastic A Scholastic philosopher or theologian.
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Erudite

Having or showing profound knowledge;
A learned jurist
An erudite professor
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Scholastic

A dogmatist or pedant.
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Scholastic

(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
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Scholastic

Of or relating to school; academic
This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
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Scholastic

(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
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Scholastic

Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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Scholastic

Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
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Scholastic

Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
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Scholastic

Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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Scholastic

One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
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Scholastic

See the Note under Jesuit.
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Scholastic

A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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Scholastic

A Scholastic philosopher or theologian
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Scholastic

Of or relating to schools;
Scholastic year
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Scholastic

Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism;
Scholastic philosophy
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