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Procession vs Profession - What's the difference?

procession | profession |

As nouns the difference between procession and profession

is that procession is the act of progressing or proceeding while profession is a promise or vow made on entering a religious order.

As a verb procession

is to take part in a procession.

procession

English

(wikipedia procession)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of progressing or proceeding.
    • (Bishop Pearson)
  • * Trench
    • That the procession of their life might be / More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
  • A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
    • a procession''' of mourners; the Lord Mayor's '''procession
  • * Shakespeare
    • the townsmen on procession
  • A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
  • (ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
    • (Shipley)

    Derived terms

    * proceed * process * processional

    Related terms

    * procedure

    See also

    * march-past * fly-past * cavalcade * motorcade * -cade * cortege * parade

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take part in a procession
  • (dated) To honour with a procession.
  • (transitive, legal, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
  • * Burrill
    • To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.

    Synonyms

    * process

    External links

    * *

    profession

    English

    (wikipedia profession)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
    • She died only a few years after her profession .
  • * 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
    • Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession .
  • A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.
    • Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
  • An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
    • My father was a barrister by profession .
  • The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
    • His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession .

    Derived terms

    * professional * liberal profession