Newbie vs Freshman - What's the difference?
newbie | freshman |
(slang) A newcomer, someone new to something.
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.
(obsolete) A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.
(US) A person of either sex entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade), a university, or legislative body.
As nouns the difference between newbie and freshman
is that newbie is a newcomer, someone new to something while freshman is a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.newbie
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* (English Citations of "newbie")Usage notes
The term "newbie" was greatly popularized with the advent of the Internet, but was in use before then.Synonyms
* noob, * novice * newcomer * newling * rookie * See alsoAntonyms
* knowbiefreshman
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(freshmen)- At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman , but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.