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Pedagogue vs Schoolteacher - What's the difference?

pedagogue | schoolteacher | Synonyms |

Pedagogue is a synonym of schoolteacher.


As nouns the difference between pedagogue and schoolteacher

is that pedagogue is pedagogue; educator while schoolteacher is teacher.

pedagogue

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
  • A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
    • (Goldsmith)
  • (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

    • Derived terms

    * pedagogic * pedagogical * pedagogically * pedagogy

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    References

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    schoolteacher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • teacher

    • Derived terms

    * schoolie * schoolteacherish * schoolteacherly