Contrivance vs Profession - What's the difference?
contrivance | profession | Related terms |
a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
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something overly artful or artificial
A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.
An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
Contrivance is a related term of profession.
As nouns the difference between contrivance and profession
is that contrivance is a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task while profession is a promise or vow made on entering a religious order.contrivance
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(en noun)- And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance .
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(wikipedia profession)Noun
(en noun)- She died only a few years after her profession .
- Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession .
- Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
- My father was a barrister by profession .
- His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession .
