Processor vs Professor - What's the difference?
processor | professor |
A person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
A device which processes, which changes something. (rfex)
A microprocessor.
A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.
A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated
An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised)
(archaic) One who professes.
* 1897 , Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage'', Introduction, p. ''v :
(US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 415:
The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
As nouns the difference between processor and professor
is that processor is a person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.) while professor is a teacher or faculty member at a college or university.processor
English
Noun
(en noun)- He is a loan processor with a bank.
- This computer has two processors , but only one keyboard.
Synonyms
* (microprocessor) central processing unit, CPUDerived terms
* food processor * microprocessor * word processorprofessor
English
(wikipedia professor)Alternative forms
* professour (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- Professor Plum'' or ''Prof. Plum .
- This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;
- You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.