professional vs jock

jock vs professional

professional and jock both are nouns.

professional is an adjective but jock is not an adjective.

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

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

professional: an athlete who plays for pay
jock: a person trained to compete in sports

Other hypernyms of professional include athlete.

professional (noun)	jock (noun)
a person engaged in one of the learned professions	a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
an authority qualified to teach apprentices	a person trained to compete in sports
an athlete who plays for pay

professional (adjective)	jock (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 jock

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