professional vs primary care provider

primary care provider vs professional

professional and primary care provider both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

professional (noun)	primary 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)	primary 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 primary care provider

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