Scholar vs. Sage — What's the Difference?

A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly those that develop expertise in an area of study. A scholar may also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher or researcher at a university or other higher education institution.

One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.

A learned person.

Any of various plants of the genus Salvia of the mint family, especially S. officinalis, having aromatic grayish-green leaves.

A specialist in a given branch of knowledge

The leaves of S. officinalis used as a seasoning.

One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student.

Any of various similar or related plants, chiefly in the mint family.

A student who holds or has held a particular scholarship.

Sagebrush.

A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.

Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.

A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment

A learned person; a bookman.

(Archaic) Serious; solemn.

(Singapore) someone who received a prestigious scholarship

Wise.

One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn

One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.

A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.

A man of books.

The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.

In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

Any plant in the genus Salvia

A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.

Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

(Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

A student who holds a scholarship

(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.

A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.

A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.

Grave; serious; solemn.

A mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

Aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

Having wisdom that comes with age and experience

Of the gray-green color of sage leaves