different between musician vs synthesist

English

Alternative forms

• musitian (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”). Equivalent to music and -ian.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mu?si?cian
• IPA^(key): /mju?z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

musician (plural musicians)

1. A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

Synonyms

• musicianer (slang)

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:musician
• instrumentalist
• musicianess
• recording artist
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• songwriter
• vocalist

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Noun

musician

1. Alternative form of musicien

English

Etymology

synthesize +? -ist

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?n?th?s?st, IPA^(key): /?s?n??s?st/

Noun

synthesist (plural synthesists)

1. One who synthesizes.
   • 2006, Peter Lavezzoli, The dawn of Indian music in the West: Bhairavi (page 163)

     By taking widely disparate streams that haven't been formally in contact with each other, you become a synthesist and create new forms.

2. A musician who programs or plays a synthesizer.
   • 2006, Evan Selinger, Postphenomenology: a critical companion to Ihde (page 61)

     None of these had the artistry of Carlos and often used the Moog to play a solo line from a standard pop tune. None were hits. The use of the synthesizer for emulation was, as I have said, rejected by many early synthesists.