Professional
Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
Regular and professional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regular" instead an adjective "Professional".
Regular
Regular adjective - Appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time.
Professional and regular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Professional" instead an adjective "Regular".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The contestants were regular people who went up against the aforementioned trained and professional athletes, who weren't known for being soft-hearted.
Source: Series / Gladiators - Professional Wrestling uses this on a regular basis, rotating feuds in the undercard — which fits, as it's often referred to as a Soap Opera for men.
Source: Soap Wheel - His regular speaking voice was done by Doug Lawrence and his singing voice by Tom Kenny (Heffer), who in addition to voice acting is also a professional singer.
Source: Non-Singing Voice
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