What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Chaperones vs Chaperoned - What's the difference?

chaperones | chaperoned |

As verbs the difference between chaperones and chaperoned

is that chaperones is (chaperone) while chaperoned is (chaperone).

As a noun chaperones

is .

chaperones

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (chaperone)
  • chaperoned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chaperone)

  • chaperone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
  • (biology) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
  • Derived terms

    * chaperoneship * cochaperone

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to act as a chaperone
  • * 2006 , The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.
  • 'Purcell had volunteered to chaperone a delegation of female students'

    See also

    *