Amateur
Amateur noun - A person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A story told by Humphrey Lyttelton is that an interviewer asked him about being an amateur "orthinologist," and it wasn't until he was on his way home that he realized he should have said, "Not exactly an orthinologist, more of a word botcher."
Source: Spoonerism
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