Vocation vs Professional - What's the difference?
vocation | professional |
An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
A person who belongs to a profession
A person who earns his living from a specified activity
An expert.
* 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:
Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
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*:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;.
That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
(lb) Expert.
As nouns the difference between vocation and professional
is that vocation is an inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling while professional is a person who belongs to a profession.As an adjective professional is
of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.vocation
English
(wikipedia vocation)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* vocationalHypernyms
* job * labour * occupation * workprofessional
English
Noun
(wikipedia professional) (en noun)- I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional'. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; invite the ' professional , urgently, to dine with us this evening.