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Overseer vs Ringleader - What's the difference?

overseer | ringleader | Related terms |

Overseer is a related term of ringleader.


As nouns the difference between overseer and ringleader

is that overseer is one who oversees or supervises a supervisor while ringleader is a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

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)

    ringleader

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group
  • a person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang
  • * The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
  • * (1590): William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2 : A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...