Department vs Profession - What's the difference?
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A part, portion, or subdivision.
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
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* (and other bibliographic particulars), (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
A subdivision of an organization.
# One of the principal divisions of executive government
# One of the divisions of instructions
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to the 1715-99 , Penguin 2003, p. 427:
(label) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
(label) Act of departing; departure.
* (and other bibliographic particulars), Wotton
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.
As nouns the difference between department and profession
is that department is a part, portion, or subdivision while profession is a promise or vow made on entering a religious order.department
English
Noun
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- the Treasury Department'''''; ''the '''Department''' of Agriculture''; ''police '''department
- the physics department'''''; ''the gender studies '''department
- The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed.
- sudden 'departments from one extreme to another
Synonyms
* (distinct course) province, specialty * (division of executive government) ministryDerived terms
* departmental * departmentallySee also
* province * stateprofession
English
(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 .