Difference between Dabbler and Dilettante

What is the difference between Dabbler and Dilettante?

Dabbler as a noun is one who dabbles while Dilettante as a noun is an amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.

Dabbler

Part of speech: noun

Definition: one who dabbles

Dilettante

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.)

Example sentence: I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms.

We hope you now know whether to use Dabbler or Dilettante in your sentence.

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