Novice vs Unfledged - What's the difference?
novice | unfledged |
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:
Of a bird that has yet to develop its wings and feathers and become able to fly
(figuratively) inexperienced, like a tyro or novice
As a noun novice
is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.As an adjective unfledged is
of a bird that has yet to develop its wings and feathers and become able to fly.novice
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 [...].