What is the difference between a scientist and a researcher?

Answer 1

in the field, scientists have the opportunity to collect data in an original setting

in the labrotory, scientists have the opportunity to collect data in a controlled enviroment. unlike the field the labrotory allows scientists to control conditions like temperature, lightning, and even the surrounding air.

Answer 2

Scientist is a "person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences" whereas a,

Researcher is "defined as human activity based on intellectual application in the investigation of matter".

Answer 3

A scientist is usually expected to come up with answers and to generate new knowledge while a researcher might settle for compiling and collecting knowledge that's already out there. The line between them is fairly blurry though.

Answer 4

Alchemists believed in magic. Scientists don't. The alchemists were the first chemists. But in addition to mixing chemicals, they also believed that magic would help with their experiments and formulas. It didn't. But their experiments led to the development of the science of chemistry.

Answer 5

Scientists research animals, bugs, people, etc. Historians research people's history (George Washington-1st President... Neil Armstrong- 1st astronach to step on moon). See website below. If you're still having trouble understanding, try yahoo.com/answers or Google answers both are like wiki anwers.

http://www.tryscience.org/parents/se_6.html <--- Scientists

http://crab.rutgers.edu/~nrosoff/Historians.html <--- Historians.

Answer 6

The alchemist was a chemist who worked in a laboratory. A philosopher is a writer.