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Vocational vs Trade - What's the difference?

vocational | trade |

As an adjective vocational

is of or pertaining to a vocation.

As a verb trade is

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vocational

English

Adjective

(head)
  • of or pertaining to a vocation
  • (of education) that provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge

    • trade

    English

    (wikipedia trade)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
  • (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
    • I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
  • (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
  • * 1989 , (Bruce Pandolfini), Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps , ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pocVITTr8tMC&pg=PA225&dq=trade]:
    • EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.
  • * 2009 , Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time , ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nQd8MHuaXysC&pg=PA60&dq=trade]:
    • When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.
  • (countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
    • The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
  • (countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
    • It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade .
  • (countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
    • He learned his trade as an apprentice.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2, url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL4103950W , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}
  • (uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
    • Even before noon there was considerable trade .
  • (mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
    • They rode the trades going west.
  • * James Horsburgh
    • the north-east trade
  • (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
    • Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .
  • (uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.
    • Josh picked up some trade last night.
  • (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
  • * Dryden
    • the house and household goods, his trade of war
  • (mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
  • (obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
  • * Surrey
    • A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A common trade to pass through Priam's house.
  • * Spenser
    • Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of common trade , where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
  • (obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
  • * Udall
    • the right trade of religion
  • * Spenser
    • There those five sisters had continual trade .
  • * Massinger
    • Long did I love this lady, / Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy sin's not accidental but a trade .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "trade")

    Derived terms

    * antitrade/anti-trade * balance of trade * basket trade * block trade * bullet trade * carbon trade * carriage trade * carry trade * carousel trade * cash and carry trade * coasting trade * countertrade * cross-trade * day trade * fair trade * free trade * horse trade * invisible trade * jack of all trades * motor trade * off-trade * on-trade * out trade * paper trade * rag trade * restraint of trade * rough trade * reverse of trade * slave trade * spot trade * stock-in-trade * terms of trade * trade barrier * trade card * trade deficit * trade dispute * trade fair * trade magazine * trade mark/trademark * trade name * trade newspaper * trade-off * trade route * trade secret * trade show * trade standard * trade surplus * trade term * trade union * trade war * trade wind * trader * tradesman * tradesperson * uptick trade * visible trade

    Synonyms

    * (the commercial exchange of goods and services) commerce * (the collective people who perform a particular kind of skilled work) business * (the skilled practice of a practical occupation) craft * (An instance of buying and selling) deal, barter * (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers) patronage

    Verb

    (trad)
  • To engage in trade
    • This company trades in precious metal.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • a free port, where nations resorted with their goods and traded
  • To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
  • To give (something) in exchange for.
    • Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
  • To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
  • To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
  • * Shakespeare
    • How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "trade")

    Derived terms

    * insider trading * trade in * tradable

    Synonyms

    * (engage in the trade of) deal * (be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions) * (give something in exchange for) exchange, swap, switch * (do business) do business, make a deal

    See also

    * buy * sell

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