Amateur vs. Abecedarian
Amateurnoun
A lover of something.
Abecedariannoun
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
Amateurnoun
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
âThe contest is only open to amateurs.â;
Abecedariannoun
An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
Amateurnoun
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
âThe entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.â;
Abecedariannoun
(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
Amateuradjective
Non-professional.
Abecedariannoun
(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
Amateuradjective
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
âamateur sportsâ;
Abecedarianadjective
Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
Amateuradjective
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
âDuct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.â;
Abecedarianadjective
Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
Amateurnoun
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Abecedarianadjective
Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
Amateurnoun
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
Abecedarianadjective
Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
Amateurnoun
does not play for pay
Abecedariannoun
One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
Amateuradjective
engaged in as a pastime;
âan amateur painterâ; âgained valuable experience in amateur theatricalsâ; ârecreational golfersâ; âreading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulatingâ; âunpaid extras in the documentaryâ;
Abecedariannoun
One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
Amateuradjective
lacking professional skill or expertise;
âa very amateurish jobâ; âinexpert but conscientious effortsâ; âan unskilled paintingâ;
Abecedarianadjective
Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Amateur
An amateur (; French: [amatĆÊ]; lit.â'lover [of something]') is generally considered a person who pursues a particular activity or field of study independently from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist.
Abecedariannoun
a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
Abecedariannoun
a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
Abecedarianadjective
alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
Abecedarianadjective
arranged alphabetically
âin abecedarian sequenceâ;
Abecedarianadjective
rudimentary; elementary
âabecedarian technologyâ;
Abecedarian
Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who rejected all human learning. Questions have been raised as to the historical accuracy of the name and sect, though the term was applied broadly to the Zwickau Prophets.
