Familiar
Familiar adjective - Closely acquainted.
Professional and familiar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Professional" instead an adjective "Familiar".
Professional
Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
Familiar and professional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Familiar" instead an adjective "Professional".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The person on the facial composite is very familiar to the Amateur Sleuth, but she only recognizes her after retouching by a professional photographer, especially blurring the facial composite.
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Amongst the intriguing clues, he recognizes the Doctor immediately on sight, and is also familiar with the Doctor's professional work on Gallifrey.
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Of course, if you're familiar with professional wrestling in her country you can guess how successful she was at maintaining this approach to matches, but it's okay.
Source: Technical Pacifist
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