job vs profession

profession vs job

job and profession both are nouns.

job is a verb but profession is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
job	Yes	No	Yes	No
profession	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, profession is a hyponym of job; that is, profession is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than job:

job: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
profession: an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

Other hyponyms of job include confectionery, sport, farming, land, biz, game, calling, career, vocation, employment, work, appointment, berth, office, place, position, post, situation, salt mine, treadmill, craft, trade, medium, metier, accountancy, accounting, photography, catering.

job (noun)	profession (noun)
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money	an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee	an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
a crime (especially a robbery)	affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
a damaging piece of work	the body of people in a learned occupation
the responsibility to do something
the performance of a piece of work
a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'
an object worked on; a result produced by working
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

job (verb)	profession (verb)
invest at a risk
work occasionally
profit privately from public office and official business
arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Difference between job and profession

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