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Conservator vs Conductor - What's the difference?

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Conservator is a related term of conductor.


As nouns the difference between conservator and conductor

is that conservator is one who conserves, preserves or protects something while conductor is one who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

conservator

English

Alternative forms

* conservatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator , has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
  • * Derham
    • the great Creator and Conservator of the world
  • (legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
  • * Clarendon
    • The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
  • * Bouvier
    • the conservator of the estate of an idiot
  • An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
  • A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.

    • Related terms

    * conservatee * conservation * conservative

    Derived terms

    * conservatorial * conservatorship

    External links

    * (wikipedia "conservator") ----

    conductor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * conductour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
  • * Dryden
    • Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
  • (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
  • A person who takes tickets on public transportation.
    • train conductor'''; tram '''conductor
  • Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
  • (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
  • * 1988 , F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory
    • If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
  • A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
  • (architecture) A leader.

    • Antonyms

    * non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)

    Derived terms

    * lightning conductor

    Related terms

    * conduct * semiconductor, dielectric

    See also

    * ticket inspector ----