Curator vs Superintendent - What's the difference?
curator | superintendent |
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.
A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
(chiefly, US) A janitor.
Overseeing; superintending.
As nouns the difference between curator and superintendent
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 superintendent is a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.As an adjective superintendent is
overseeing; superintending.curator
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(wikipedia curator)Alternative forms
* curatour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* curate * curatorial * curatorySee also
* custodian * keeper * manager * overseerExternal links
* * ----superintendent
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Noun
(wikipedia superintendent) (en noun)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent ; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
