Newbie vs Freshman - What's the difference?

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.

(en noun)

(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.

* (English Citations of "newbie")

The term "newbie" was greatly popularized with the advent of the Internet, but was in use before then.

* noob, * novice * newcomer * newling * rookie * See also

* knowbie

(freshmen)

(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.

At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman , but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.

* (British) fresher * (US) frosh