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Specialization vs Professionalism - What's the difference?

specialization | professionalism |

As nouns the difference between specialization and professionalism

is that specialization is the process of specializing while professionalism is the status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.

specialization

English

Alternative forms

* specialisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of specializing.
  • * 1973', , ' Time Enough For Love
    • A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

    Antonyms

    * generalization * abstraction American English forms

    professionalism

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.
  • The use of professionals rather than amateurs in any sport etc.