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Adept vs Amateur - What's the difference?

adept | amateur |

As nouns the difference between adept and amateur

is that adept is one fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy while amateur is .

As an adjective adept

is well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

adept

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
  • * 1837-1839 ,
    • Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * inept

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
  • * 1841 , , Barnaby Rudge :
    • When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept , that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.
  • * 1894-95 , , Jude the Obscure :
    • Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * apt * aptitude

    Anagrams

    * pated, taped

    References

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    amateur

    English

    (wikipedia amateur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lover (of) something.
  • * 2006 , John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine , University of Mississippi 2006, p. x:
    • he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
  • A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
    • She is an accomplished amateur woodworker.
  • Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
    • The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.

    Derived terms

    * radio amateur

    Synonyms

    * dilettante * bungler

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Non-professional.
  • Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
    • amateur sports
  • Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
    • Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.

    Derived terms

    * amateur hour * amateur night

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