occupation vs. profession

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01cite10Kekel12cite10What's the difference in those two words??12br
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10 01b01font00In US, traditionally, but not so much any more, "occupation" was a "job for which one is paid", while "profession" is reserved more for teach

0G'day Kerkel,02br
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00The Collins dictionary:02br
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01b00profession02b00 01i00n02i00 an occupation requiring in the liberal arts or sciences, especially one of the three learned professons, law, theology, or medicine.02br
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00Occupation is part of the definition orf profession.02br

0Hi, Stannum -- was something left out here?02br
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01font01b00profession02b00 01i00n02i00 an occupation requiring in the liberal arts or sciences02font02br
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00maybe "requiring 01b00a degree02b00"?0-

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01cite10Khoff12cite10Hi, Stannum -- was something left out here?12br
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11font11b10profession12b10 11i10n12i10 an occupation requiring in the liberal arts or sciences12font12br
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A profession is highly specialized in terms of the knowledge they possess.

An occcupation is more general in its description as compared to profession is more specific.

As far as the end user is concerned, you might be able to distinguish the two as follows;

A non profession would have a customer as their end user.

A profession would have a client as their end

i think occupation is "what occupys your time" and profession what you are trained to do. e.g. a DOCTOR by profession working as an ACTOR, the former would be his profession and the later his occupation.