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Profile vs Biodata - What's the difference?

profile | biodata |

In uncountable terms the difference between profile and biodata

is that profile is prominence; noticeability while biodata is biographical data.

As nouns the difference between profile and biodata

is that profile is the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object while biodata is biographical data.

As a verb profile

is to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person.

profile

Noun

  • (countable) the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
  • His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
  • (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
  • The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
  • (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
  • Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
  • (countable) a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems
  • I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
  • (uncountable) reputation
  • (uncountable) the amount by which something protrudes
  • Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
  • (uncountable) prominence; noticeability
  • Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile .
  • (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
  • Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
  • What's the thermal profile on that thing?
  • (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
  • (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
  • Antonyms

    * (print mode or selection ) portrait

    Verb

    (profil)
  • to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
  • to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype. See profiling.
  • Anagrams

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    biodata

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia biodata)
  • (uncountable) biographical data
  • (countable, Asia) A form resembling a curriculum vitae, used by employers to select workers.
  • * 2004 , Khushwant Singh, Paradise and other stories
  • I will also examine their biodatas . I expect my wife to be educated.