Noble vs Rookie - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between noble and rookie

is that noble is an aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood while rookie is an inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.

As adjectives the difference between noble and rookie

is that noble is having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character while rookie is non-professional; amateur.

As a proper noun Noble

is {{surname}.

noble

English

(wikipedia noble)

Noun

(en noun)

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.

This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.

* 1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :

I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.

* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :

And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.

* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 93:

There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.

Antonyms

* commoner * plebeian

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* half-noble * noble gas

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

Synonyms

* (having honorable qualities) great, honorable * (of exalted rank) superior

Antonyms

* (having honorable qualities) ignoble, mean, vile, despicable * (of exalted rank) inferior * (distinguished from the masses by birth) plebeian

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the adjective) * ennoble * nobility * noble-minded * noble gas * nobleman * noble metal * nobleness * noble rot * noblewoman * nobley

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rookie

English

Noun

(en noun)

An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.

A novice.

An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.

(British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

Synonyms

* beginner * newbie, new boy * noob * tyro * novice * See also

Adjective

(-)

non-professional; amateur

The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.

(amateur)