Freelance vs Independent - What's the difference?
freelance | independent |
Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract
A medieval mercenary
Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract
To work as a freelance
To produce or sell services as a freelance
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As nouns the difference between freelance and independent
is that freelance is someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract while independent is a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.As adjectives the difference between freelance and independent
is that freelance is of, or relating to a freelance; without contract while independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.As a verb freelance
is to work as a freelance.freelance
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Alternative forms
* free-lanceNoun
(wikipedia freelance) (en noun)Synonyms
* (medieval mercenary) seeDerived terms
* freelancerAdjective
(en adjective)- He was a freelance writer for several magazines.
Verb
(freelanc)independent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
