Being a scientist is considered a good profession than to be an engineer?

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    astha singh | Scholar-Level 16

    7 years ago
    A scientist is a person who has scientific training or who works in the sciences. An engineer is someone who is trained as an engineer. So, to my way of thinking, the practical difference lies in the educational degree and the description of the task being performed by the scientist or engineer.
    On a more philosophical level, scientists tend to explore the natural world and discover new knowledge about the universe and how it works. Engineers apply that knowledge to solve practical problems, often with an eye toward optimizing cost, efficiency, or some other parameters.
    There is considerable overlap between science and engineering, so yo
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