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Curator vs Sentry - What's the difference?

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Curator is a related term of sentry.


As nouns the difference between curator and sentry

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 sentry is a guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

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

    sentry

    English

    Noun

    (sentries)
  • A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
  • (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
  • See also

    * sentinel