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Instructor vs Lecturer - What's the difference?

instructor | lecturer |

As nouns the difference between instructor and lecturer

is that instructor is one who instructs; a teacher while lecturer is a person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

instructor

English

Alternative forms

* instructour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who instructs; a teacher
  • Synonyms

    * instructer (much less common)

    lecturer

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lecturer) (en noun)
  • A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
  • A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.
  • (dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures ) in the afternoons and evenings.