Veteran vs. Seasoned — What's the Difference?

A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in a military.A military veteran that has served directly in combat in a war is further defined as a war veteran (although not all military conflicts, or areas in which armed combat took place, are necessarily referred to as wars).

One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.

A person who has served in the armed forces.

The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.

An old soldier who has seen long service.

A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops

A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity or capacity

A suitable, natural, or convenient time

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

A period of time

(figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.

To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.

A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans who weren't in armed conflict.

To add zest, piquancy, or interest to

Having had long experience, practice, or service.

To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

To render competent through trial and experience

Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.

To accustom or inure; harden

One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had much experience, or has grown old or decrepit in service.

To moderate; temper.

A serviceman who has seen considerable active service;

To become usable, competent, or tempered.

A person who has served in the armed forces

Simple past tense and past participle of season

An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

Rendered competent through trial and experience;

Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings

Aged or processed;

Having been given flavor (as by seasoning)

Rendered competent through trial and experience;