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Acolyte vs Student - What's the difference?

acolyte | student |

As nouns the difference between acolyte and student

is that acolyte is 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 student is a person who studies a particular academic subject.

acolyte

English

(wikipedia acolyte)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    : (assistant) sidekick

    student

    English

    (wikipedia student)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who studies a particular academic subject.
    • A student of philosophy.
  • (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
    • He is a student of life.
  • A person enrolled at a university.
    • The students were out raising funds for rag week.
  • (chiefly, North America) A schoolchild.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who studies a particular subject) scholar * (person seriously devoted to some subject) devotee * (schoolchild) pupil, schoolchild * disciple

    Antonyms

    * teacher

    Anagrams

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