Erudite vs. Scholastic — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Erudite and Scholastic
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Definitions
Erudite
Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
Scholastic
Of or relating to schools; academic
Scholastic accomplishment.
Erudite
Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
Scholastic
Often Scholastic Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scholasticism.
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).
Erudite
Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
Scholastic
Often Scholastic A Scholastic philosopher or theologian.
Erudite
Having or showing profound knowledge;
A learned jurist
An erudite professor
Scholastic
A dogmatist or pedant.
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Scholastic
(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
Scholastic
Of or relating to school; academic
This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
Scholastic
(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
Scholastic
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scholastic
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
Scholastic
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
Scholastic
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scholastic
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Scholastic
See the Note under Jesuit.
Scholastic
A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Scholastic
A Scholastic philosopher or theologian
Scholastic
Of or relating to schools;
Scholastic year
Scholastic
Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism;
Scholastic philosophy
