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Leolyy Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

specialist vs expert

it seems that 'expert' is often used to title the persons who are proficient in a certain area, while 'specialist' is a word in a more ordinary way, is this right?

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Chengwei Liu
  

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expert is a better specialist

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expert is a better specialist
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A specialist simply works in one area in particular. It doesn't automatically mean that the person has extensive knowledge of that area. A new student could decide to specialize in a area of study, without yet having a lot of knowledge.

An expert has extensive knowledge or skills.
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Thanks for the replies. So expert is usually supposed to be at a high level in that area? to what degree? i mean 'advanced' or nearly 'supreme', or just 'quite experienced'?

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chengwei liu
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by the way, "expertise" can only be referred as the skills at a expert level, or both expert and ordinary one?

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Chengwei Liu
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An expert is someone whose expertise in something is pratically unbeatable, a specialist is someone who is specialised in something, but they are not necessarily an expert in it
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Expert and specialist are both same. Specialist means he has the extensive knowledges and expert means he knows various way of using that knowledge in a productive manner.
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An Expert has the knowledge and skills captured from what he/she did or worked in (job, internship, experience, ...) while a specialist is someone who followed one study or one subject in his/her study. Specialist is done sometimes after bachelor's degree.

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