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Leader vs Master - What's the difference?

leader | master |

In lang=en terms the difference between leader and master

is that leader is a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra while master is a parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.

In nautical terms the difference between leader and master

is that leader is a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places while master is the captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

In engineering terms the difference between leader and master

is that leader is the drive wheel in any kind of machinery while master is a device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source (e.g. master database).

As nouns the difference between leader and master

is that leader is any person that leads or directs while master is someone who has control over something or someone.

As an adjective master is

masterful.

As a verb master is

{{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To be a master.

leader

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any person that s or directs.
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  • # One who goes first.
  • Follow the leader .
  • # One having authority to direct.
  • We elected her team leader .
  • # One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
  • # A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
  • The company is the leader in home remodeling in the county.
  • # (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
  • # (music, UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
  • An animal that leads.
  • # The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
  • #*
  • # An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
  • #*
  • Something that leads or conducts.
  • # (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
  • #*
  • # A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
  • # (UK) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
  • # (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
  • # A piece of material at the beginning or end of a to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
  • # (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
  • # (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
  • # (printing, in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
  • # (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
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  • # (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
  • # (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
  • # (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "leader")

    Synonyms

    * (person that leads or conducts) guide, conductor * (one with authority to direct) chief, chieftain, commander * (music) conductor * (dominant animal in group) alpha, pack leader * (engineering) driver, drive wheel

    Derived terms

    * (l) * group leader * leaderboard * leaderette * leaderless * leader of the opposition * leadership * majority leader * minority leader * pack leader * thought leader

    Descendants

    * Portuguese: * Spanish:

    See also

    * baron/baroness * conductor * duke/duchess * emperor/empress * follower * general * governor * king/queen * mayor * monarch * president * sergeant

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns ----

    master

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maister, mayster, meister, from (etyl) ). Reinforced by (etyl) maistre, mestre from the same Latin source.

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal), (l) (dialectal) * mastre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who has control over something or someone.
  • * Addison
    • master of a hundred thousand drachms
  • * Jowett (Thucyd.)
    • We are masters of the sea.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.
  • The owner of an animal or slave.
  • (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
  • Someone who employs others.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • An expert at something.
  • * Macaulay
    • great masters of ridicule
  • * John Locke
    • No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it.
  • A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
  • (dated) A schoolmaster.
  • A skilled artist.
  • (dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are impediments to the diversions of the servants.
  • A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
  • A person holding such a degree.
  • The original of a document or of a recording.
  • (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
  • (legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
  • (engineering) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source (e.g. master database).
  • A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, especially the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
    • Synonyms
    * (sense, master's degree) masters, master's * (sense, master's degree) magistrate (Quebec English) * (film) establishing shot, long shot * (ship) skipper, captain * See also
    Derived terms
    (master) * ballet master * barmaster * beemaster * bergmaster * boroughmaster * brewmaster * burghomaster * burgomaster * bushmaster * chess master * cockmaster * concertmaster * craftsmaster * dockmaster * drill master/drillmaster * games master/games-master * Grand Master/grandmaster * harbor master/harbor-master/harbormaster * headmaster * house master/housemaster * ironmaster * * jumpmaster * loadmaster * lockmaster * master bedroom * master bricklayer * master builder * master card * master cast * master class * master copy * master cylinder * master file * master gland * master key * master mariner * master mason * Master of Arts * master of ceremonies * Master of Science * master plan/master-plan/masterplan * master race * master sergeant * master status * master tradesman * master trust * master-at-arms * masterdom * masterful * masterhood * masterless * masterly * mastermind * masterous * masterpiece * Masters * mastership * mastersinger * masterstroke * masterwork * mastery * metal master * mint-master * old master * past master * paymaster * postmaster * property master * puppet master/puppet-master/puppetmaster * quartermaster * question master/question-master/questionmaster * quizmaster * rattlesnake master * ringmaster * roaming master * saymaster * schoolmaster * scoutmaster * sheepmaster * shipmaster * spymaster * stationmaster * taskmaster * toastmaster * trackmaster * trainmaster * undermaster * watermaster * webmaster * weighmaster * whoremaster * workmaster * wreck master/wreck-master/wreckmaster * yardmaster
    Related terms
    * mistress (feminine form of "master")
    See also
    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Masterful.
  • Main, principal or predominant.
  • Highly skilled.
  • Original.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
  • * (and other bibliographic details) (John Locke)
    • Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered , even though it cost blows.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
  • To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
    • It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.
  • (obsolete) To own; to posses.
  • * (and other bibliographic details) (Shakespeare)
    • the wealth that the world masters
  • To make a master copy of.
  • To earn a Master's degree.
    • He mastered in English at the state college.
    Derived terms
    (Terms derived from the noun "master") * bemaster * masterable * overmaster * remaster

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
    • a two-master

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    Anagrams

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