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Professional vs Trainer - What's the difference?

professional | trainer |

As a noun professional

is a person who belongs to a profession.

As an adjective professional

is of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.

As a verb trainer is

to drag.

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

    trainer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who trains another; a coach.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It was Federer's ability to pull him around the court that put the lactic acid and debilitating weight in those legs and he should not have been allowed the luxury of his trainer's help.}}
  • (sports) A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
  • * 2009 , Garth Dykes, Nelson FC in the Football League , page 22:
  • He served Nelson wholeheartedly as a player, coach and trainer in a lengthy association, the highlights being his involvement in two championship-winning sides.
  • (British) A running shoe or sneaker.
  • (video games, slang) A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
  • * 2000 , "Phil", I need trainer for version 1.10.021'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.rctycoon )
  • I actually never got a trainer for RCT, but needed one for my brother when I installed it on his computer. He is 10, and is only concerned with making "cool" coasters. I also completed CF before getting trainers.
  • * 2001 , "LJames4728", Good C64 Game Sites?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.c64 )
  • Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers /intros.
  • Synonyms

    * coach * (running shoe) takkie (South African English), dap, jogger, plimsoll (UK), runner, sandshoe/sand shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe

    Derived terms

    * personal trainer

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