Occupation and Professional

Occupation

Occupation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

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Professional and occupation are semantically related in profession topic. In some cases you can use "Professional" instead a noun "Occupation".

Professional noun - A person engaged in one of the learned professions.

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Occupation and professional are semantically related in profession topic. Sometimes you can use "Occupation" instead a noun "Professional".

old	old occupation	old professional
similar	similar occupation	similar professional
common	common occupation	common professional
honest	honest occupation	honest professional
Other adjectives: actual, former, remaining, last.

Open Secret: Don, a retired homicide detective, is one of several contestants with professional detective experience who lies about his occupation to the others.

Source: Series / Whodunnit?
Meanwhile, Odo faces no professional consequences for collaborating with the Dominion during their occupation of DS9, and the only personal consequence is a long talk with Kira.

Source: Karma Houdini / Live-Action TV

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