yuppie vs professional

professional vs yuppie

yuppie and professional both are nouns.

yuppie is not an adjective while professional is an adjective.

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

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

yuppie: a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
professional: a person engaged in one of the learned professions

Other hypernyms of yuppie include professional person.

yuppie (noun)	professional (noun)
a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style	a person engaged in one of the learned professions
	an authority qualified to teach apprentices
	an athlete who plays for pay

yuppie (adjective)	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 yuppie and professional

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