Mentor vs Protege - What's the difference?
mentor | protege |
English eponyms
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A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor.
As nouns the difference between mentor and protege
is that mentor is a wise and trusted counselor or teacher while protégé is a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor.As a verb mentor
is to act as someone's mentor.As a proper noun Mentor
is odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility to raise Odysseus's son Telemachus, while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.mentor
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See also
* coach * nestor * sponsor *Article on the etymology and history of the word “mentor” on languagehat.com
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Noun
(en noun)- While Pablo was visiting his family in Mexico, he visited José Santos, a protégé of his who was now head cholo of the Illuminati at his own will. — Manifold Destiny'' by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, ''The New Yorker