fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoWe don't judge here. :)mander.xyzimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down145
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minus-squareHobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year agoI think the word you’re looking for is physicist. A physician is a medical doctor (as in a person that treats sick people). A physicist is a person that studies physics (as in a person that knows how to solve word problems involving pool tables).
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoIt’s a classic French speaker mistake because physicist is “physicien” and physician is “médecin”, very different.
I think the word you’re looking for is physicist. A physician is a medical doctor (as in a person that treats sick people). A physicist is a person that studies physics (as in a person that knows how to solve word problems involving pool tables).
It’s a classic French speaker mistake because physicist is “physicien” and physician is “médecin”, very different.
(And Russian)