Specialist vs. Analyst — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Specialist and Analyst
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Definitions
Specialist
A person who concentrates primarily on a particular subject or activity; a person highly skilled in a specific and restricted field
The study was undertaken by a market-research specialist
He is a specialist in psychometric testing
Analyst
One who practices psychoanalysis.
Specialist
Possessing or involving detailed knowledge or study of a restricted topic
You may require specialist financial advice
Analyst
One who performs systems analysis.
Specialist
One who is devoted to a particular occupation or branch of study or research
An antiquarian who is a specialist in 17th-century Dutch ceramics.
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Analyst
Someone who analyzes.
Specialist
A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery, especially one who is certified by a board of physicians
A specialist in oncology.
Analyst
(mathematics) A mathematician who studies real analysis.
Specialist
Any of several noncommissioned ranks in the US Army that correspond to that of corporal through sergeant first class.
Analyst
(computing) A systems analyst.
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Specialist
A species with narrow habitat or food requirements
Specialists that feed only on carrion.
Analyst
(psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
Specialist
(British) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
Analyst
A financial analyst; a business analyst.
Specialist
Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
Analyst
One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
Specialist
(medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
Analyst
Someone who is skilled at analyzing data
Specialist
Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
Analyst
An expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
Specialist
An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.
Analyst
A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
Specialist
A stenotopic species.
Specialist
One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
Specialist
An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
Specialist
Practices one branch of medicine