Proffer vs Proctor - What's the difference?
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An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
Essay; attempt.
To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
Indefinite plural of .
(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.
As nouns the difference between proffer and proctor
is that proffer is an offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship while 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.As verbs the difference between proffer and proctor
is that proffer is to offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship while 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
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English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* proffre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- (Milton)
