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Mayor vs Reverend - What's the difference?

mayor | reverend |

As nouns the difference between mayor and reverend

is that mayor is the leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council while reverend is a member of the Christian clergy.

As a proper noun Mayor

is {{surname|from=Anglo-Norman}.

As an adjective reverend is

worthy of reverence or respect.

mayor

English

Alternative forms

* mayour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
  • * 2003 , Mary Ruwart, Healing our world in an age of aggression - Page 374
    • The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!
  • * 2011 , Michael Ryan, The Heart's Location, p 32
    • To assist him in his task Paul was joined by Ron Adams, who had been a three-term Libertarian mayor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • By restriction, a male municipal leader
  • (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * mayoress (female mayors only) * provost (Scotland)

    Hyponyms

    (municipal principal leader) * mayor , lord mayor (male mayor) * mayoress , lady mayor (female mayor)

    Derived terms

    * mayoress (female mayor) * lord mayor * lady mayor

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    reverend

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • worthy of reverence or respect

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) a member of the Christian clergy