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Novice vs Unfledged - What's the difference?

novice | unfledged |

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)
  • 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

    unfledged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a bird that has yet to develop its wings and feathers and become able to fly
  • (figuratively) inexperienced, like a tyro or novice
  • Antonyms

    *fledged *experienced