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Hobbyist vs Artist - What's the difference?

hobbyist | artist |

As nouns the difference between hobbyist and artist

is that hobbyist is a person who is interested in a subject or an activity as a hobby while artist is a person who creates art.

As an adjective artist is

artistic.

hobbyist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is interested in a subject or an activity as a hobby
  • :: This computer magazine is targetted to both professionals and hobbyists .

    • Related terms

    * hobbyism

    artist

    English

    Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

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