Adept vs. Novice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Adept and Novice
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Adept
An adept is an individual identified as having attained a specific level of knowledge, skill, or aptitude in doctrines relevant to a particular author or organization. He stands out from others with his great abilities.
Novice
A novice is a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows. By extension, the term is used informally for a person or animal new to a particular field of endeavour.
Adept
Very skilled or accomplished.
Novice
A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation
He was a complete novice in foreign affairs
Adept
A highly skilled person; an expert
"political consequences in getting rid of all the skeptics, unbelievers, and adepts of rival faiths" (Gene Lyons).
ADVERTISEMENT
Novice
A person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.
Adept
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
Novice
A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.
Adept
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
Adepts in philosophy
Novice
A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows. Also called novitiate.
Adept
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
Novice
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.
Adept
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
Beaus adept in everything profound.
Novice
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
Adept
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Novice
One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
I am young; a novice in the trade.
Adept
Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
Adept in handicrafts
An adept juggler
An expert job
A good mechanic
A practiced marksman
A proficient engineer
A lesser-known but no less skillful composer
The effect was achieved by skillful retouching
Novice
One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
Novice
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.
Novice
Like a novice; becoming a novice.
Novice
Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
Novice
Someone new to a field or activity
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Grovelling vs. Sycophantic
Next Comparison
Allegation vs. Claim
