Mentor vs Aide - What's the difference?
mentor | aide |
An assistant.
(military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
As nouns the difference between mentor and aide
is that mentor is a wise and trusted counselor or teacher while aide is an assistant.As a verb mentor
is to act as someone's mentor.As a proper noun Mentor
is odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility to raise Odysseus's son Telemachus, while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.mentor
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See also
* coach * nestor * sponsor *Article on the etymology and history of the word “mentor” on languagehat.com