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Novice vs Noviceship - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between novice and noviceship

is that novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject while noviceship is the state or position of being a novice.

novice

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
    • I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.
  • (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:
    • 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 also

    Related terms

    * novel * novelization * novelize * novella * novelty * novitiate

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    noviceship

    English

    Noun

  • The state or position of being a novice.
    • (Webster 1913)