Novice vs. Rookie — What's the Difference?

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.

A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a rookie is a professional athlete in their first season (or year).

A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation

A new recruit, especially in the army or police

A person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.

An untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or police.

A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.

An inexperienced person; a novice.

A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows. Also called novitiate.

(Sports) A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.

A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.

(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

A novice.

One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.

One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

(British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

Non-professional; amateur

Like a novice; becoming a novice.

An awkward and inexperienced youth

Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

Someone new to a field or activity