Professional
Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
Ready and professional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Professional".
Ready
Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.
Professional and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Professional" instead an adjective "Ready".
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On the professional level, teams have 40 seconds timed from the end of the previous play, or 25 seconds after the ball is declared ready for play by officials.
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Man at Arms, a YouTube series starring a professional blacksmith who, in addition to making prop weapons for movies, takes weapons from various media and creates battle ready real life versions.
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Zoe carries a custom 1892 Winchester rifle (and, unusually, a bulletproof vest, befitting a consummate professional who's ready for trouble).
Source: Weapon of Choice
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