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Craftsman vs Professional - What's the difference?

craftsman | professional |

As nouns the difference between craftsman and professional

is that craftsman is a male artisan while professional is a person who belongs to a profession.

As adjectives the difference between craftsman and professional

is that craftsman is of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century while professional is of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.

craftsman

Noun

(craftsmen)
  • A male artisan.
  • * 2005 , .
  • And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
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    Antonyms

    * craftswoman

    Hypernyms

    * artisan * (rare) craftsperson

    professional

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia professional) (en noun)
  • A person who belongs to a profession
  • A person who earns his living from a specified activity
  • An expert.
  • * 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:
  • I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional'. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; invite the ' professional , urgently, to dine with us this evening.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
  • *
  • *:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;.
  • That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
  • (lb) Expert.
  • Derived terms

    * non-professional, nonprofessional * professionalism * unprofessional