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Pedagogue vs Educator - What's the difference?

pedagogue | educator | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between pedagogue and educator

is that pedagogue is a teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young while educator is a person distinguished for his/her educational work.

pedagogue

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
  • A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
    • (Goldsmith)
  • (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

    • Derived terms

    * pedagogic * pedagogical * pedagogically * pedagogy

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    educator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person distinguished for his/her educational work
  • A person who, or a thing which, educates
  • A teacher
  • A person that accepts responsibility for the educating process and educates by supporting and assisting an educand.

    • Anagrams

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