Newer vs Novice - What's the difference?
newer | novice |
(new) More recent.
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
(senseid)(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian , Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:
As an adjective newer
is comparative of new More recent.As a noun novice is
a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.newer
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Adjective
(head) (comparative adjective; Positive: new; Superlative: newest)Anagrams
*novice
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Noun
(en noun)- I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.
- Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice , chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead [...].