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Chauffer vs Chaperone - What's the difference?

chauffer | chaperone |

As nouns the difference between chauffer and chaperone

is that chauffer is while chaperone is an older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

As a verb chaperone is

to act as a chaperone.

chauffer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    chaperone

    English

    (wikipedia 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'

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