Professional
Professional adjective - Engaged in by members of a profession.
Usage example: professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
White-collar is a synonym for professional in qualified topic. In some cases you can use "White-collar" instead an adjective "Professional".
White-collar
White-collar adjective - Of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers.
Usage example: the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper
Professional is a synonym for white-collar in non-manual topic. You can use "Professional" instead an adjective phrase "White-collar".
Both words in one sentence
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No Indoor Voice: Laquita Not So Above It All: Gina, a very professional woman with a white-collar career, has been known to go off when tested.
Source: Series / Martin - In Quantum and Woody, Amy Fishbein appears to be a prim and proper white-collar professional, but she starts dropping Anvilicious innuendos and undressing herself as soon as she's alone with Woody.
Source: Naughty by Night -
Name and Name Naughty by Night: Amy Fishbein appears to be a prim and proper white-collar professional, but she starts dropping obvious innuendos and undressing herself as soon as she's alone with Woody.
Source: Comic Book / Quantum and Woody
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