Curator vs Purveyor - What's the difference?
curator | purveyor |
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.
Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food.
(historical, UK) An officer who provided provisions for the king's household.
(obsolete) A procurer; a pimp.
As nouns the difference between curator and purveyor
is that curator is a person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo while purveyor is someone who supplies what is needed, especially food.curator
English
(wikipedia curator)Alternative forms
* curatour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* curate * curatorial * curatorySee also
* custodian * keeper * manager * overseerExternal links
* * ----purveyor
English
Alternative forms
* purveyour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Anthropologists are the purveyors of dangerous ideas.
- (Addison)
