Amateur vs Pothunter - What's the difference?
amateur | pothunter |
A lover (of) something.
* 2006 , John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine , University of Mississippi 2006, p. x:
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.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
Non-professional.
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.
(sports, by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes.
(archaeology) An amateur archaeologist, especially one who seeks artifacts to sell without regard to their cultural importance.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 12, author=Anthony Depalma, title=An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts, work=New York Times
, passage=But hundreds, perhaps thousands of artifacts have been taken by amateur pothunters , whose activities can disturb the soil and ruin the chance of serious research. }}
As nouns the difference between amateur and pothunter
is that amateur is while pothunter is a person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.amateur
English
(wikipedia amateur)Noun
(en noun)- he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
- She is an accomplished amateur woodworker.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
Derived terms
* radio amateurSynonyms
* dilettante * bunglerAdjective
(en adjective)- amateur sports
- Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
Derived terms
* amateur hour * amateur nightExternal links
* * ----pothunter
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