Aficionado and Dilettante

Aficionado

Aficionado noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Usage example: an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times
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Dilettante and aficionado are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dilettante" instead a noun "Aficionado".

Dilettante

Dilettante noun - A person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts.
Usage example: she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante

Aficionado and dilettante are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aficionado" instead a noun "Dilettante".

Nearby Words: dilettantish, dilettantism
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