Academic vs. Scholastic

Academicadjective

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato

Academicadjective

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.

Academicadjective

Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational

Academicadjective

Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance.

Academicadjective

Having a love of or aptitude for learning.

Academicadjective

(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

Academicadjective

So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.

Academicadjective

Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.

Academicadjective

Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering.

Academicnoun

A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

Academicnoun

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.

Academicnoun

A member of the Academy; an academician.

Academicnoun

(archaic) A student in a college.

Academicnoun

(pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals.

Academicnoun

(pluralonly) Academic studies.

Academicadjective

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

Academicadjective

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

Academicnoun

One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

Academicnoun

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Academicnoun

an educator who works at a college or university

Academicadjective

associated with academia or an academy;

Academicadjective

hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result;

Academicadjective

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

Scholasticnoun

(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

Scholasticadjective

Of or relating to school; academic

Scholasticadjective

(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

Scholasticadjective

Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Scholasticadjective

Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.

Scholasticadjective

Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.

Scholasticadjective

Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Scholasticnoun

One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.

Scholasticnoun

See the Note under Jesuit.

Scholasticnoun

a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

Scholasticnoun

a Scholastic philosopher or theologian

Scholasticadjective

of or relating to schools;

Scholasticadjective

of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism;