Chef vs Captain - What's the difference?
chef | captain |
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household
*<1845 , R. H. Barham, Blasphemer's Warning'' in ''Ingoldsby Legends (1847), 3rd Ser., 245
*:The Chef' s peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment
*1849 , Thackeray, Pendennis (1850), I. xxviii. 266
*:The angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
Any cook
*Kiss the chef
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A chief or leader.
*1526 , The (Bible) , tr. (William Tyndale), (w) 2:
*:For out of the shal come a captaine , whych shall govern my people israhel.
*1929 , (Rudyard Kipling), "
*:Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you?
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
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An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain , as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard]], NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a . A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or [[United States Air Force, Air Force colonel.
(senseid)One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
*(Remember the Titans)
*:Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 5, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= The leader of a group of workers.
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*1977 , Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey, lyricists, ,
*:So I called up the Captain , "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
(lb) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel .
As nouns the difference between chef and captain
is that chef is the presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household while captain is a chief or leader.As a verb captain is
to act as captain.chef
English
Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
When used in reference to a cook with no sous-chefs or other workers beneath him, the term is connotes a certain degree of prestige—whether culinary education or ability—distinguishing the chef from a “cook”. As a borrowing, chef was originally italicized, but such treatment is now obsolete.Synonyms
* (head cook) cookReferences
captain
English
Noun
(en noun)The English Way":
Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, passage=As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.}}
