Acolyte vs Intern - What's the difference?
acolyte | intern |
(ecclesiastical) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
An attendant, assistant or follower.
To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
# To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
(computing) To internalize.
To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field
A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training
As nouns the difference between acolyte and intern
is that acolyte is (ecclesiastical) one who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at mass while intern is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily or intern can be a student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.As a verb intern is
to imprison somebody, usually without trial.As an adjective intern is
(archaic) internal.acolyte
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(wikipedia acolyte)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
: (assistant) sidekickintern
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Alternative forms
* interne (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , compareVerb
(en verb)- The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
- The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
- I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.