Re: Professionally built?

jan olieslagers wrote:
Ron Natalie schreef:

The words PROFESSIONAL and AMATEUR are not mutually exclusive.
Get a dictionary.

Sorry, but as non-native English speaker I am confused here.
To my poor bit of learning, the meanings are:
-) professional: mainly for profit, some fun not excluded
-) amateur: mainly for fun, some profit not excluded.
I don't have a dictionary handy - what does yours say?


Amateur: One who loves or is fond of; one who has a taste for something
professional: following a line of conduct as if it were a calling
requiring speciallized knowledge and often long and intensive
academic profession.


Amateur means you like it.
Professional means you do a skillful job.

The "for free" vs. "for pay" distinction is primarily an
archaic sports distinction.
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