Newbie vs Amateur - What's the difference?
newbie | amateur |
(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.
A lover (of) something.
* 2006 , John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine , University of Mississippi 2006, p. x:
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
Non-professional.
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
Amateur is a synonym of newbie.
As nouns the difference between newbie and amateur
is that newbie is a newcomer, someone new to something while amateur is a lover {{term|of}} something.As an adjective amateur is
non-professional.newbie
English
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (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
* knowbieamateur
English
(wikipedia amateur)Noun
(en noun)- he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.
- She is an accomplished amateur woodworker.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
Derived terms
* radio amateurSynonyms
* dilettante * bunglerAdjective
(en adjective)- amateur sports
- Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
