Specialist vs Profession - What's the difference?
specialist | profession |
Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
(medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
(US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.
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.
The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
As nouns the difference between specialist and profession
is that specialist is someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research while profession is a promise or vow made on entering a religious order.As an adjective specialist
is (british) specialised.specialist
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia specialist)Synonyms
* (Someone who is an expert or devoted to a particular area of study) aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseurAntonyms
* generalistHypernyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* specialisticAnagrams
* ----profession
English
(wikipedia profession)Noun
(en noun)- She died only a few years after her profession .
- Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession .
- Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
- My father was a barrister by profession .
- His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession .