amateur vs auger

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. 

auger

noun
  • A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool). 

  • A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study. 

  • A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts 

  • A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. 

verb
  • To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger. 

  • To proceed in the manner of an auger. 

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