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Elite vs Rookie - What's the difference?

elite | rookie |

As nouns the difference between elite and rookie

is that elite is elite while rookie is an inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.

As an adjective rookie is

non-professional; amateur.

elite

English

(wikipedia elite)

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
  • Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
  • * 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
    • Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
  • * 1964 , " France's Culture Corps," Time , 7 Aug.,
    • Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?

    Derived terms

    * global elite * power elite

    Related terms

    * elect * * elitism * elitist * * select * selection

    External links

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    rookie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • A novice.
  • An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
  • (British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

    • Synonyms

    * beginner * newbie, new boy * noob * tyro * novice * See also

    Adjective

    (-)
  • non-professional; amateur
    • The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.
    (amateur)

    See also

    * naive * rooky (homophone)