Sportsman vs Shamateur - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sportsman and shamateur

is that sportsman is (uk) a man who engages in sports a male athlete while shamateur is a sportsman who is officially an amateur but who makes money from playing, or who otherwise behaves as a professional.

sportsman

English

(wikipedia sportsman)

Noun

(sportsmen)
  • (UK) A man who engages in sports. A male athlete.
  • (dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
  • * 1851 ,
    • At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.

    Derived terms

    * sportsmanlike * sportsman's bet * sportsmanship

    Related terms

    * sportswoman

    shamateur

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sportsman who is officially an amateur but who makes money from playing, or who otherwise behaves as a professional.

    • Derived terms

    *shamateurism