区别在于：
1、statesman和politician的意思都是“政治家”，但后者有贬义的色彩，即“政客”，而前者则没有。
2、politician这个词，在英语中通常是一个贬义词，意思是“耍手腕、弄权术、搞阴谋的政客”，而汉语中的“政治家”，通常是一个褒义词，两者在深层含义方面是有很大差别的。
3、通过查询牛津辞典英语释义，可以更加清楚了解两者区别：
（1）politician 1. a person whose job is concerned with politics, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc. 2. (disapproving) a person who is good at using different situations in an organization to try to get power or advantage for himself or herself.
政治家 1.工作与政治有关的人，特别是作为议会当选议员等。2.（不赞成）善于在组织中利用不同情况试图为自己获得权力或利益的人。
（2）statesman A statesman is an important and experienced politician, especially one who is widely known and respected
一个重要的富有经验的政客，特指那些广为人知并得到广泛尊敬的政治家。
扩展资料
希拉里·克林顿就有句名言很好说明了politician与statesman的区别：
The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.
政客与政治家的区别在于，当政客琢磨下一场选举的时候，政治家正在思考下一代。
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