Colleague vs Supervisor - What's the difference?
colleague | supervisor |
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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, title= To unite or associate with another or with others.
(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
(US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
As nouns the difference between colleague and supervisor
is that colleague is a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate while supervisor is a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.As a verb colleague
is to unite or associate with another or with others.colleague
English
Noun
(wikipedia colleague) (en noun)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
Synonyms
* coworker * workmate * See alsoSee also
Do not confuse with: * college * collageVerb
(colleagu)- Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father.'' - ''Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)