dilettante vs smatterer

dilettante

noun
  • A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. 

  • An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest. 

adj
  • Pertaining to or like a dilettante. 

smatterer

noun
  • One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge. 

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