Dean vs President - What's the difference?
dean | president |
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science'') or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the ''dean of students ).
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon.
The senior member of some group of people.
* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 67:
(Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).
The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.
* 2007 , Benjamin Camins, Hillary Is the Best Choice, Page 144
Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.
A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider.
Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between dean and president
is that dean is a senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students) while president is the head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.As a verb dean
is {{cx|intransitive|rare|lang=en}} To serve as a dean.As a proper noun Dean
is a title afforded to a dean.As an adjective president is
occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.dean
English
(wikipedia dean)Noun
(en noun)- dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
- dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
- All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean , Alice Hart, collected
Derived terms
* dean and chapter * deanessAnagrams
* * * ----president
English
(wikipedia president)Alternative forms
* (l) (honorifically) * (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- The vast majority of presidents have been male .
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* prez (humorous or informal)Adjective
(-)- His angels president / In every province.