Philologist vs. Linguist — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Philologist and Linguist
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Philologist
Literary study or classical scholarship.
Linguist
A person who speaks several languages fluently.
Philologist
See historical linguistics.
Linguist
A specialist in linguistics.
Philologist
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
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Linguist
One who studies linguistics.
Philologist
A person devoted to general learning and literature.
Linguist
A person skilled in languages.
Philologist
A person devoted to classical scholarship.
Linguist
A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.
Philologist
One versed in philology.
Linguist
A master of the use of language; a talker.
I'll dispute with him;He's a rare linguist.
Philologist
A humanist specializing in classical scholarship
Linguist
A person skilled in languages.
There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age.
Linguist
A specialist in linguistics
Linguist
A person who speaks more than one language
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