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Lector vs Elector - What's the difference?

lector | elector |

As nouns the difference between lector and elector

is that lector is a lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service while elector is a (german) prince (prince-elector or simply elector) entitled to elect the emperor of the holy roman empire.

lector

English

Alternative forms

* lectour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service
  • A public lecturer or reader at some universities
  • (historical, US, cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers, appointed by a trade union

    • Related terms

    * lection * lectionary * lectern

    Anagrams

    * colter ----

    elector

    English

    Alternative forms

    * electour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person eligible to vote in an election.
  • An official serving in an electoral college or similar assembly.
  • (historical) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----