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Architect vs Former - What's the difference?

architect | former |

As nouns the difference between architect and former

is that architect is a professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction while former is someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

As a verb architect

is to design, plan, or orchestrate.

As an adjective former is

previous.

architect

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia architect)
  • A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
    • Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect .
  • A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
    • Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
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    Derived terms

    * architecture * software architect * naval architect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To design, plan, or orchestrate.
    • He architected the military coup against the government.

    former

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Previous.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • (senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
  • :
    • Synonyms
    * (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See also
    Antonyms
    * latter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
    • Dave was the former of the company.
  • An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
    • ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
  • (chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
    • ''Fifth-former
    Sixth-former .
    Derived terms
    * pan former

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    Anagrams

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