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Director vs Warden - What's the difference?

director | warden |

As nouns the difference between director and warden

is that director is one who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director) while warden is a guard or watchman.

As a proper noun Warden is

{{surname|lang=en}.

director

English

Alternative forms

* directour (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia director) (en noun)
  • One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering''), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., ''film director ).
  • A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
  • (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
  • Derived terms

    * director circle * director conic

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    warden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • He called to the warden on the battlements.
  • A chief administrative officer of a prison
  • An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
  • A governing official in various institutions
  • the warden of a college
  • (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • I would have had him roasted like a warden .
  • * Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
  • I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

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