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Preceptor vs Pedagogue - What's the difference?

preceptor | pedagogue |

As nouns the difference between preceptor and pedagogue

is that preceptor is the headmaster or principal of a school, especially a private school while pedagogue is pedagogue; educator.

preceptor

English

(wikipedia preceptor)

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * (qualifier) * preceptour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The headmaster or principal of a school, especially a private school.
  • A teacher or tutor.
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    • Derived terms

    *preceptress *preceptorship

    pedagogue

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    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

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