Career and Professional

Career

Career noun - The particular occupation for which you are trained.

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Professional and career are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Professional" instead an adjective "Career".

Nearby Words: careered, careerist, careering

Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.

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Career and professional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Career" instead an adjective "Professional".

old	old career	old professional
legitimate	legitimate career	legitimate professional
legal	legal career	legal professional
actual	actual career	actual professional
Other adjectives: real, successful, serious, secret, former, later, acting, medical.

In Hawaii Five-0, Kono was on track to a professional surfing career before she injured her knee and had to switch to police work.

Source: Career-Ending Injury
Matt Smith originally wanted to be a professional footballer, but a back injury put an end to his early career.

Source: Career-Ending Injury
Theodore Long has had a long career in professional wrestling, as a WCW manager, referee, and General Manager of Smack Down and WWECW.

Source: Never Live It Down / Professional Wrestling

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