Prefect vs Viceroy - What's the difference?
prefect | viceroy |
An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
The head of a department in France.
A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
A commander.
One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
An orange and black North American butterfly (), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.
As nouns the difference between prefect and viceroy
is that prefect is an official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc while viceroy is one who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.prefect
English
(wikipedia prefect)Alternative forms
* (old-fashioned) * praefectNoun
(en noun)- the prefect''' of the aqueducts; the '''prefect''' of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, or of provisions; the pretorian '''prefect , who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person
