Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand 師傅 to imply respect of a master who has greatly honed skills but with whom you have no other connection, and 師父 to imply that there is a master-student sort of relationship where you are studying and learning from said master.
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand 師傅 to imply respect of a master who has greatly honed skills but with whom you have no other connection, and 師父 to imply that there is a master-student sort of relationship where you are studying and learning from said master.