An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without formal training or pay. ^[1] Conversely, an expert is generally considered a person with extensive knowledge, ability, and/or training in a particular area of study, while a professional is someone who also makes a living from it. An "expert" ( is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or Skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly justly Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding An aptitude is an innate acquired or learned or developed component of a competency ( being the others knowledge understanding and attitude) to do a certain kind of work This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. Translated from its French origin to the English "lover of", the term "amateur" reflects a voluntary motivation to work as a result of personal passion for a particular activity. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people

As with any construct, amateurism can be seen in both a negative and positive light. Since amateurs often do not have training, amateur work can sometimes be seen as sub-par. For example, amateur athletes in sports such as basketball or football are not regarded as having the same level of ability as professional athletes. A sportsperson ( British and American English) or athlete (principally American English is any person who participates regularly in a Sport. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a

Alternatively, the lack of financial recompense can also be seen as a sign of commitment to an activity. For instance, until the 1970s most Olympic events required that the athletes be amateurs. Receiving payment to participate in an event disqualified an athlete from that event, as in the case of Jim Thorpe. Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk: Wa-Tho-Huk) (28 May 1888 – 28 March 1953 was an American athlete In the olympic games, this rule remains in place for boxing and for men's football events. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered

Amateurs make valuable contributions in the fields of computer programming through the open source movement. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Amateur Dramatics is the performance of either plays or musical theater, often to high standards but lacking the budgets of the professional West End or Broadway performances. Amateur theatre is Theatre which is not staged chiefly for financial benefit A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Astronomy and ornithology have also benefited from the activity of amateurs. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of

Pursuing amateur activities to the same standards as professionals is sometimes referred to as professional amateurism.

An example of the word amateur used in a sentence would be, "Max is an amateur because he is an unskilled worker. "

See also

• Volunteer
• Hobby
• Amateur astronomy
• Amateur radio
• Amateur sports
• Corinthian (disambiguation)
• Home movies
• Bush League
• Mark Korpics
• What's an Amateur?

Notes

A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so A hobby is a spare-time Recreational pursuit Etymology A Hobby horse is a wooden or Wickerwork toy made to be Amateur astronomy, a subset of Astronomy, is a Hobby whose participants enjoy studying and observing celestial objects Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a Hobby and a service in which participants called "hams" use various types of Radio communications Amateurism (from Fr amateur "lover of" from OFr from L Home movies are motion pictures made by Amateurs, often for viewing by family and friends Mark Korpics (born 1952 is executive vice president and Chief financial officer of Schlumberger Limited.

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