Docent vs Decent - What's the difference?
docent | decent |
A teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 1212:
(chiefly, US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
Fair; good enough; okay.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Significant; substantial.
(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
* A sable stole of cyprus lawn / Over thy decent shoulders drawn — Milton.
As adjectives the difference between docent and decent
is that docent is instructive; that teaches while decent is appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.As a noun docent
is a teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.docent
English
(wikipedia docent)Noun
(en noun)- Zermelo had been a docent at Göttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
- The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Louvre.
decent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}