What's the difference between algebraist and analyst?

Algebraist


Definition:

  • (n.) One versed in algebra.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From Excession (1996) to The Hydrogen Sonata (2012), he produced a sequence of seven science-fiction novels, all but one of which, The Algebraist (2004), belonged to the Culture series.

Analyst


Definition:

  • (n.) One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
  • (2) Analysts have trimmed their profit forecasts for this year with trading profits of £3.3bn pencilled in compared with £3.5bn in 2012-13.
  • (3) The government did not spell out the need for private holders of bank debt to take any losses – known as haircuts – under its plans but many analysts believe that this position is untenable.
  • (4) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
  • (5) Doubts about Hinkley Point have deepened after a detailed report by HSBC’s energy analysts described eight key challenges to the project, which will be built by the state-backed French firm EDF and be part-financed by investment from China .
  • (6) Its struggling mobile phone business resulted in a net loss of 136 billion yen for the three months to September, although that figure was smaller than analysts had predicted.
  • (7) "Android’s gain came mainly at the expense of BlackBerry, which saw its global smartphone share dip from 4 percent to 1 percent in the past year due to a weak line-up of BB10 devices," said Strategy Analytics' senior analyst Scott Bicheno.
  • (8) Chikavu Nyirenda, a leading political analyst, said: "She neglected to look at the local scene but spent a lot of time to please the west and promote herself."
  • (9) The analyst must also consider whether multiple dependent measures are to be analyzed, and the paper discusses alternative approaches to true multivariate repeated-measures designs.
  • (10) The following year yet another Bank analyst wrote a report on BCCI entitled "Why action is now urgently required".
  • (11) In addition, he describes a type of transference interpretation that is better not made, and emphasizes the transference value of silence on the part of the analyst at certain crucial moments in the analysis.
  • (12) The first key event that lead up to this dramatic decision was a sense that his analyst was a separate person.
  • (13) Russia may be on the point of walking out of a major cold war era arms-control treaty, Russian analysts have said, after President Obama accused Moscow of violating the accord by testing a cruise missile .
  • (14) David Jeary, a retail analyst at Canaccord Genuity, said the terms of Sainsbury’s offer looked attractive for Home Retail shareholders given the business’s recent performance.
  • (15) Analysts at RBS said that on the basis of these gloomy figures, industrial output in the eurozone as a whole looked likely to have declined by about 4% in the final quarter of 2008.
  • (16) Analysts were encouraged by a 0.4% rise in French consumer spending and a 1.1% increase in corporate investment.
  • (17) But Gartner analyst Monica Basso says the scale of the site now confirms it as "the mother of all social networks", and predicts that it will pursue further growth by expanding connected features and channels on third-party sites, including business services.
  • (18) The aim of this paper is to elucidate the process of identity formation with particular emphasis on how the 'work ego' of each analyst is formed through various experiences which help the practitioner wed theoretical knowledge with clinical experience.
  • (19) Michael Gartenberg, a consumer analyst, said he suspected part of the reason for the poor sales was Verizon's data pricing plans.
  • (20) Analysts believe her appointment will ensure continuity at the Federal Reserve, meaning a strong focus on unemployment and no sudden change to its bond-buying programme: Here's a selection ( partly from Reuters ) Diane Garnick of Clear Alternatives: With the Federal Reserve facing one of the most important periods in history, Janet Yellen is a great choice.

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