professional vs practitioner

practitioner vs professional

professional and practitioner both are nouns.

professional is an adjective but practitioner is not an adjective.

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

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

professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
practitioner: someone who practices a learned profession

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

professional (noun)	practitioner (noun)
a person engaged in one of the learned professions	someone who practices a learned profession
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
an athlete who plays for pay

professional (adjective)	practitioner (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 practitioner

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