Verbal Ability - One Word Substitutes - Discussion

The person who speaks many languages is called Polyglot.

The person who speaks many foreign languages is called Linguist.

Polyglot means a person who can speak many languages, so polyglot and linguist are same.

I think who knows many language is called linguist and who speak many lang. is called polyglot. So it should be polyglot.

Here the answer should be option C, polyglot.

I read somewhere that a linguist is someone who has mastered every tongue (language) except his wife's! Actually, a linguist is someone who studies languages. He is usually interested in understanding how a language works. He is keen on figuring out the rules of the language, rather than in learning how to use the language.

A linguist may or may not have the ability to speak several languages. A polyglot, on the other hand, has the ability to speak several languages. He may not be able to tell you anything about the rules of the various languages he knows, but he will be able to use them quite effortlessly in order to communicate.

A linguist, on the other hand, will be able to provide you with a great deal of information about the rules of a language. There are many polyglots in India. A linguist can be a polyglot, but a polyglot need not be a linguist.

What is bilingual?

A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language (an academic discipline known as linguistics).

Bilingual means a person who can speak two languages.

Polyglot: The person who speaks many languages.

Linguist: THE PERSON WHO KNOWS MANY FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

Yup! suresh is right.

What is monolingual?