Internship vs. Apprenticeship — What's the Difference?

An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time. Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used for a wide range of placements in businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies.

Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners to gain a license to practice in a regulated occupation.

A student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training.

One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.

A physician who has recently graduated from medical school and is learning medical practice in a hospital under supervision, prior to beginning a residency program.

One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.

One who is interned; an internee.

A beginner; a learner.

To train or serve as an intern.

To work as an apprentice

To confine, especially in wartime.

To engage as an apprentice

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.

The state of being an intern; the position of an intern.

The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

The period of time during which a person is an intern; as, she served her internship over the summer.

The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

A program to provide novices in a field with apprenticeship training.

The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).

The period of time during which a novice in a field serves in a subordinate capacity and continues to gain experience; the learning period before one becomes an expert.

The position of apprentice

The position of a medical intern