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Oversees vs Overseer - What's the difference?

oversees | overseer |

As a verb oversees

is (oversee).

As a noun overseer is

one who oversees or supervises a supervisor.

oversees

English

Verb

(head)
  • (oversee)

    • oversee

    English

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • (literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
  • (figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
    • It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
  • To inspect, examine
    • Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
  • (obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
  • * , II.ix:
    • Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee .
  • To observe secretly or unintentionally.

    • Derived terms

    * overseer * oversight

    See also

    * overlook * overwatch

    overseer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who oversees or supervises. A supervisor.

    • Synonyms

    : administrator – n. : foreman – n. : chief, head – n., head man : controller OR comptroller – n. : organizer – n. : superintendent – n. : supervisor – n. : curator - n.

    Derived terms

    * (l)