Profession vs. Hobby — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Profession and Hobby
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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.
Hobby
A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time. Hobbies include collecting themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, playing sports, or pursuing other amusements.
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).
Hobby
An activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure
Her hobbies are reading and gardening
Profession
An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
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Hobby
A small horse or pony.
Profession
The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field
Members of the teaching profession.
Hobby
A migratory Old World falcon with long, narrow wings, catching dragonflies and birds on the wing.
Profession
An act or instance of professing; a declaration.
Hobby
An activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure.
Profession
An avowal of faith or belief.
Hobby
Any of several small falcons of the genus Falco, formerly used for catching small birds or game.
Profession
A faith or belief
Believers of various professions.
Hobby
An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.
Take up a hobby
Give up your hobby
Profession
Declaration of faith.
Hobby
(horses) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby
Profession
(religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
She died only a few years after her profession.
Hobby
Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
Profession
The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
Hobby
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
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.
Hobby
A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag.
Profession
Professional occupation.
Hobby
A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride.
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.
Hobby
A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne.
Profession
(collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.
Hobby
An auxiliary activity
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.
Hobby
A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
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.
Hobby
Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
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.
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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