Compere vs Pundit - What's the difference?
compere | pundit |
(chiefly, British) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety or quiz show.
* 2008 , Kerry Katona, The Footballer's Wife , ISBN 9781407022178,
* 2012 , Steve Taberner, The Wigan Hammer: The Autobiography by Steve Taberner , AuthorHouse (2012), ISBN 9781468578713,
* 2012 , Sue Welfare, One Night Only , HarperCollins (2012), ISBN 9780007461721,
(transitive) To act as compere.
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
* 1888 , (Rudyard Kipling), ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 430:
(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 295:
A self-professed expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
* 2006 , The Observer , 4 Jun 2006:
As nouns the difference between compere and pundit
is that compere is (chiefly|british) while pundit is a learned person in india; someone with knowledge of sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a hindu scholar.compere
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*Noun
(en noun)- Every year I am the compere for our Church Quiz Night.
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- The compere came onto the stage holding the gold envelope that contained the winner's name.
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- Not only for his fighting expertise but also reminiscent of a compere in a cabaret show working the crowd, as a build up to the main event.
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- They were barely settled when the final song came to an end; the audience began to applaud and after a few more seconds the voice of the compere came over the PA.
Verb
(comper)- I will be compering for next week's Village Fete.
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(wikipedia pundit)Alternative forms
* panditNoun
(en noun)- Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room.
- At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.
- This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup.