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Overseer vs Warden - What's the difference?

overseer | warden | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between overseer and warden

is that overseer is one who oversees or supervises. A supervisor while warden is a guard or watchman.

As a proper noun Warden is

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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)

    warden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • He called to the warden on the battlements.
  • A chief administrative officer of a prison
  • An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
  • A governing official in various institutions
    • the warden of a college
  • (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I would have had him roasted like a warden .
  • * Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
    • I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

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