Hipster vs. Nerd — What's the Difference?

A person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream.

A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to topics of science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.

Trousers cut to fit and fasten at the hips.

A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious

(of a garment) cut to fit and fasten at the hips rather than the waist.

A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.

A young, usually urban bohemian who cultivates an ironic sensibility.

A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.

A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.

A member of Bohemian counterculture.

One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.

An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.

A member of a subculture revolving around intellectualism, video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. from 1980s

A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).

An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

A dancer, particularly a female one.

Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

To behave like a hipster.

To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle