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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