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Prof vs Teacher - What's the difference?

prof | teacher |

As nouns the difference between prof and teacher

is that prof is an exam, an examination while teacher is a person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

prof

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A professor
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=June 17, author=Harold Henderson, title=Big Ideas, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'" }} ----

    teacher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • The index finger; the forefinger.
  • (Mormonism) The second highest office in the , held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

    • Synonyms

    * (index finger) arrow-finger, demonstrator, forefinger, index, index finger, insignitor, lickpot, pointling, showing finger

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns