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Dilettante vs Dilettant - What's the difference?

dilettante | dilettant |

As nouns the difference between dilettante and dilettant

is that dilettante is an amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest while dilettant is amateur, dabbler.

As an adjective dilettante

is pertaining to or like a dilettante.

dilettante

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
  • (sometimes, offensive) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

    • Derived terms

    * dilettantish, dilettanteish * dilettantism, dilettanteism

    Related terms

    * delectable * delight

    See also

    * amateur * dabbler

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

    • References

    * ). * “ ?dilettante]” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989
    , rarely '     -es .

    External links

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    dilettant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Fairholt
    • Though few art lovers can be connoisseurs, many are dilettants .
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