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Committee vs Councilor - What's the difference?

committee | councilor |

As nouns the difference between committee and councilor

is that committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols while councilor is (us) member of a council, especially a city council, as a gender-free term replacing councilman and councilwoman.

committee

English

Alternative forms

* (contraction)

Noun

(wikipedia committee) (en noun)
  • a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols
  • (archaic) a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.
  • Derived terms

    * committeeman * committeeperson * committeewoman * subcommittee

    councilor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * councillor (British)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) Member of a council, especially a city council, as a gender-free term replacing councilman and councilwoman.