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Sapling vs Rookie - What's the difference?

sapling | rookie |

As nouns the difference between sapling and rookie

is that sapling is a young tree, but bigger than a seedling while rookie is an inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.

As an adjective rookie is

non-professional; amateur.

sapling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
  • (figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.

    • Anagrams

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    rookie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • A novice.
  • An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
  • (British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

    • Synonyms

    * beginner * newbie, new boy * noob * tyro * novice * See also

    Adjective

    (-)
  • non-professional; amateur
    • The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.
    (amateur)

    See also

    * naive * rooky (homophone)