attorney vs professional

professional vs attorney

attorney and professional both are nouns.

attorney is not an adjective while professional is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attorney	Yes	No	No	No
professional	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, professional is a hypernym of attorney; that is, professional is a word with a broader meaning than attorney:

attorney: a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions

Other hypernyms of attorney include professional person.

attorney (noun)	professional (noun)
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice	a person engaged in one of the learned professions
	an authority qualified to teach apprentices
	an athlete who plays for pay

attorney (adjective)	professional (adjective)
	engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
	characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
	of or relating to a profession
	of or relating to or suitable as a profession
	engaged in by members of a profession

Difference between attorney and professional

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