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Chaplain vs Curate - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between chaplain and curate

is that chaplain is a member of the clergy officially assigned to an institution, group, private chapel, etc while curate is an assistant rector or vicar.

As a verb curate is

to act as a curator for.

chaplain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of the clergy officially assigned to an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * chaplaincy

    curate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an assistant rector or vicar
  • a parish priest
    • Derived terms
    * curate's egg

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (curat)
  • To act as a curator for.
    • She curated the traveling exhibition.
    They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.
  • To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
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  • To work or act as a curator.
    • Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.
    Derived terms
    * curated

    See also

    * ("curate" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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