amateur vs performer

amateur

noun
  • 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. 

  • Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful. 

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

  • Non-professional. 

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

performer

noun
  • One who performs or does anything. 

  • One who performs for, or entertains, an audience. 

How often have the words amateur and performer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )