amateur vs weekend warrior

amateur

noun
  • Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful. 

  • A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally. 

adj
  • Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent. 

  • Non-professional. 

  • Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals. 

weekend warrior

noun
  • A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present. 

  • Such was the pace with which I, and many like me, the so called ‘weekend warriors’ or Territorial Army, were hoisted aboard the Gulf War battle wagon. 

  • The most common foot-related injury I see for the weekend warrior is heel pain. 

  • A part-time soldier, or reservist 

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