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Dean vs Superintendent - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dean and superintendent

is that dean is a senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students) while superintendent is a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.

As a verb dean

is {{cx|intransitive|rare|lang=en}} To serve as a dean.

As a proper noun Dean

is a title afforded to a dean.

As an adjective superintendent is

overseeing; superintending.

dean

English

(wikipedia dean)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science'') or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the ''dean of students ).
  • A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon.
  • The senior member of some group of people.
  • dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
    dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
  • * 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 67:
  • All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean , Alice Hart, collected
  • (Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).
  • Derived terms

    * dean and chapter * deaness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To serve as a dean.
  • To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.
  • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    superintendent

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia superintendent) (en noun)
  • 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 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.”}}
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * manager * foreman * chief, head, head man * controller, comptroller * overseer * supervisor

    Derived terms

    * (abbreviation) * SP (abbreviation) * chief superintendent * detective superintendent (DSupt) * detective chief superintendent (DCS)

    See also

    * (policing ) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Overseeing; superintending.