Profession vs Role - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between profession and role is that profession is a promise or vow made on entering a religious order while role is a character or part played by a performer or actor.
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
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role English
Noun
( en noun)
* 2012 , Stephen MacLean, A cheer for constitutional monarchy's restraint on government] , [[w:Adam Smith Institute, Adam Smith Institute]:
- As the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations wind down, it may be well to reflect on an aspect of public choice theory which supports constitutional monarchy — principally its rôle as a brake upon self-aggrandising politicians.
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