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Connoisseur vs Expert - What's the difference?

connoisseur | expert |

As nouns the difference between connoisseur and expert

is that connoisseur is a specialist of a given field whose opinion is valued; especially in one of the fine arts, or in a matter of taste while expert is a person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.

As an adjective expert is

extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.

connoisseur

English

Alternative forms

* connaisseur

Noun

(wikipedia connoisseur) (en noun)
  • A specialist of a given field whose opinion is valued; especially in one of the fine arts, or in a matter of taste
  • * 1883 ,
    • This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a connoisseur , lingering on the taste...

    Synonyms

    * cognoscente

    expert

    English

    (wikipedia expert)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.
    • I am expert at making a simple situation complex.
    My cousin is an expert pianist.
  • Characteristic of an expert.
    • This problem requires expert knowledge.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * inexpert * nonexpert

    Related terms

    * expert system

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
  • * If an expert''' says it can't be done, get another '''expert . -
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • (chess) A player ranking just below master.