Proctor vs Prefect - What's the difference?
proctor | prefect |
(US) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student.
(UK) An official at any of several older universities
(British, legal) A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts
(obsolete) One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
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.
As nouns the difference between proctor and prefect
is that proctor is a person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student while prefect is an official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.As a verb proctor
is to function as a proctor.As an adjective Proctor
is pertaining to the Proctor test, a standardized test measuring soil moisture-density, especially for the requirements of construction projects: Proctor density, Proctor value.As a proper noun Proctor
is {{surname}.proctor
English
(wikipedia proctor)Alternative forms
* proctour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (examination supervisor) invigilatorDerived terms
*proctorial *proctorshipprefect
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
