Novice vs Newcomer - What's the difference?
novice | newcomer |
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:
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
As nouns the difference between novice and newcomer
is that novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject while newcomer is one who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.As a proper noun Newcomer is
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English
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 [...].
Synonyms
* (person new to an activity) amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling * See alsoExternal links
* * * ----newcomer
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
