professional vs health care provider

health care provider vs professional

professional and health care provider both are nouns.

professional is an adjective but health care provider is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
professional	Yes	Yes	No	No
health care provider	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, health care provider is a hyponym of professional; that is, health care provider is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than professional:

professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
health care provider: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

Other hyponyms of professional include careerist, craftsman, critic, educator, pedagog, pedagogue, caregiver, health professional, PCP, primary care provider, attorney, lawyer, bibliothec, librarian, practician, practitioner, publisher, yuppie.

professional (noun)	health care provider (noun)
a person engaged in one of the learned professions	a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
an athlete who plays for pay

professional (adjective)	health care provider (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 professional and health care provider

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