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Moderator vs Advisor - What's the difference?

moderator | advisor |

As nouns the difference between moderator and advisor

is that moderator is moderator (mediator, chairman, web forum administrator) while advisor is one who offers advice.

moderator

English

(wikipedia moderator)

Alternative forms

* moderatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who moderates
  • * Walton
    • Angling was a moderator of passions.
  • # an arbitrator or mediator
  • # the chair or president of a meeting etc.
  • the person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian Church
  • (physics) a substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission
  • a device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
  • (UK) An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
  • * '>citation
  • (Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
  • A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.

    • advisor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * adviser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who offers advice

    • Derived terms

    * content advisor

    Usage notes

    In the UK, Ireland and Asia the spelling is traditionally adviser''''', though US spelling ''advis'''or''' '' is becoming increasingly common. In the US, Associated Press style is ''advis'''er''''', and most newspapers and some magazines follow that spelling, whereas US federal government style, other government agencies, and many businesses prefer ''advis'''or'' . News organizations around the world may change spelling found in sources, even in quoted material. US book publishers may be less likely to change spelling in quoted material because this practice is contrary to ''The Chicago Manual of Style .

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