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Proselyte vs Novice - What's the difference?

proselyte | novice |

As nouns the difference between proselyte and novice

is that proselyte is proselyte while novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

As an adjective proselyte

is proselytic.

proselyte

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
  • * King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:
  • Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte , and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

    Verb

    (proselyt)
  • To proselytize.
  • Derived terms

    * proselyter * proselytic * proselytism

    Anagrams

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    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