different between hobbyist vs sideliner

English

Etymology

hobby +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?b??st/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?bi?st/
• Hyphenation: hob?by?ist

Noun

hobbyist (plural hobbyists)

1. A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.

Derived terms

• hobbyistic

Related terms

• hobby
• hobby horse, hobby-horse, hobbyhorse
• hobbyism

Translations

Further reading

• hobby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

sideline +? -er

Noun

sideliner (plural sideliners)

1. One who stays on the sidelines; a spectator or nonparticipant.
   • 1936, American Sociological Review (volume 61, page 135)

     The result is more dissent because successful collective action sustains the involvement of old participants while convincing sideliners of the usefulness of protest and ensuring their future participation […]
2. (US) A beekeeper, neither a hobbyist nor a fully-fledged commercial operator, for whom beekeeping is a secondary source of income.

Anagrams

• line-dries, linesider