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Commissary vs Curator - What's the difference?

commissary | curator |

As nouns the difference between commissary and curator

is that commissary is a store primarily serving soldiers while curator is a person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

commissary

English

Noun

(commissaries)
  • A store primarily serving soldiers.
  • A cafeteria at a movie studio.
  • One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
  • * John Donne
  • Great Destiny, the Commissary of God
  • An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
  • (Ayliffe)

    curator

    Alternative forms

    * curatour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
  • One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
  • Derived terms

    * curate * curatorial * curatory

    See also

    * custodian * keeper * manager * overseer