professional vs health professional

health professional vs professional

professional and health professional both are nouns.

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

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

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

professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
health professional: 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 care provider, PCP, primary care provider, attorney, lawyer, bibliothec, librarian, practician, practitioner, publisher, yuppie.

professional (noun)	health professional (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 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 professional and health professional

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