Career vs. Profession
Careernoun
One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
Careernoun
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
Careernoun
(archaic) speed
Careernoun
A jouster's path during a joust.
Careernoun
(obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.
Careernoun
(falconry) The flight of a hawk.
Careernoun
(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
Careerverb
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
Careernoun
A race course: the ground run over.
Careernoun
A running; full speed; a rapid course.
Careernoun
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.
Careernoun
The flight of a hawk.
Careerverb
To move or run rapidly.
Careernoun
the particular occupation for which you are trained
Careernoun
the general progression of your working or professional life;
Careerverb
move headlong at high speed;
Careernoun
an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress
Careernoun
the time spent by a person in a career
Careernoun
the progress through history of an institution, organization, etc.
Careernoun
working permanently in or committed to a particular profession
Careernoun
(of a woman) interested in pursuing a profession rather than devoting all her time to childcare and housekeeping
Careerverb
move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way
Career
The career is an individual's metaphorical through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways.
Professionnoun
A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
Professionnoun
A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.
Professionnoun
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.
Professionnoun
The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
Professionnoun
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
Professionnoun
That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.
Professionnoun
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.
Professionnoun
The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
Professionnoun
The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.
Professionnoun
the body of people in a learned occupation;
Professionnoun
an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
Professionnoun
an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion;
Professionnoun
affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith;
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.
