Amateur vs. Veteran

Amateurnoun

A lover of something.

Amateurnoun

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

Amateurnoun

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

Amateuradjective

Non-professional.

Amateuradjective

Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.

Amateuradjective

Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

Amateurnoun

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

Amateurnoun

someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

Amateurnoun

does not play for pay

Amateuradjective

engaged in as a pastime;

Amateuradjective

lacking professional skill or expertise;

Amateur

An amateur (; French: [amatœʁ]; lit. 'lover [of something]') is generally considered a person who pursues a particular activity or field of study independently from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist.

Veterannoun

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

Veterannoun

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

Veterannoun

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 that weren't in armed conflict.

Veteranadjective

Having had long experience, practice, or service.

Veteranadjective

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

Veteranadjective

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.

Veterannoun

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.

Veterannoun

a serviceman who has seen considerable active service;

Veterannoun

a person who has served in the armed forces

Veterannoun

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

Veteranadjective

rendered competent through trial and experience;

Veteran

A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning ) 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).