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Profession vs. Employment — What's the Difference?

Profession vs. Employment — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Profession and Employment

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Profession

A profession is an occupation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain. Medieval and early modern tradition recognized only three professions: divinity, medicine, and law, which were called the learned professions.

Employment

Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract where work is paid for, where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee. Employees work in return for payment, which may be in the form of an hourly wage, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does or which sector they are working in.

Profession

An occupation or career
"One of the highest compliments a child can pay a parent is to choose his or her profession" (Joan Nathan).

Employment

The act of employing.

Profession

An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
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Employment

The state of being employed.

Profession

The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field
Members of the teaching profession.

Employment

The work in which one is engaged; occupation.

Profession

An act or instance of professing; a declaration.

Employment

An activity to which one devotes time.

Profession

An avowal of faith or belief.

Employment

The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid

Profession

A faith or belief
Believers of various professions.

Employment

The act of employing

Profession

Declaration of faith.

Employment

A use, purpose
The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure

Profession

(religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
She died only a few years after her profession.

Employment

The state of being employed

Profession

The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.

Employment

An activity to which one devotes time

Profession

Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended.
Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.

Employment

(economics) The number or percentage of people at work

Profession

Professional occupation.

Employment

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

Profession

An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
My father was a barrister by profession.

Employment

That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
Cares are employments, and without employThe soul is on a rack.

Profession

(collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.

Employment

The state of being employed or having a job;
They are looking for employment
He was in the employ of the city

Profession

The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
A solemn vow, promise, and profession.

Employment

The occupation for which you are paid;
He is looking for employment
A lot of people are out of work

Profession

That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.
The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct.

Employment

The act of giving someone a job

Profession

That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.
Hi tried five or six professions in turn.

Employment

The act of using;
He warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Skilled in the utilization of computers

Profession

The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

Profession

The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

Profession

The body of people in a learned occupation;
The news spread rapidly through the medical community

Profession

An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

Profession

An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion;
A profession of disagreement

Profession

Affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith;
A profession of Christianity

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