different between theoretician vs thinker

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Etymology

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Noun

theoretician (plural theoreticians)

1. someone who is expert in the theory of a particular science or art
2. a theorist

   • “They have numerically confirmed, perhaps for the first time, something we were fairly sure had to be true, but was still a conjecture — namely that the thermodynamics of certain black holes can be reproduced from a lower-dimensional universe,” says Leonard Susskind, a theoretical physicist at Stanford University in California who was among the first theoreticians to explore the idea of holographic universes.

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English

Etymology

From Middle English thinkere, equivalent to think +? -er. Compare West Frisian tinker (“thinker”), Dutch denker (“thinker”), German Denker (“thinker”), Danish tænker (“thinker”), Swedish tänkare (“thinker”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.k??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????.k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

thinker (plural thinkers)

1. One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.
2. An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "thinker": creative, deep, critical, great, strategic, original, political, clear, social, brilliant, logical, liberal, conservative, influential, lateral, radical, religious, profound, abstract.

Derived terms

• deep thinker

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• rethink