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“analyst”
Someone with specialist knowledge or skill who studies or examines something by separating it into its constituent elements and gives an assessment, description, or explanation of it; a judge, an evaluator: "In business, a person must be a good analyst of his or her commercial possibilities." "The neurotic patient was sent to a psychoanlyst."
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analyst, annalist
analyst (AN uh list) (noun)
Someone with specialized knowledge or skill who studies or examines something by separating it into its constituent elements and gives an assessment, description, or explanation of it: In business a person must be a good analyst of his or her commercial possibilities.
annalist (AN uh list) (noun)
1. Someone who writes records of events arranged chronologically by each year or by successive years; a chronicler: The annalist wrote a series of chronicles about the events that took place during the existence of the club.
2. A writer, or historian, who compiles the records and reports of an organization or a learned field in chronological order: The historical annalist compiled a book about the city covering the last 100 years.
2. A writer, or historian, who compiles the records and reports of an organization or a learned field in chronological order: The historical annalist compiled a book about the city covering the last 100 years.
The author, who was the annalist for the town historians, invited an analyst to review his writing before publication, to ensure that the facts were correctly explained.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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lyso-, lyo-, -lysin, -lys-, -lysis, -lytic, -lyt-, -lyz-
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