Professor vs Reader - What's the difference?
professor | reader |
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.
A person who reads a publication.
A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
A proofreader.
(chiefly, British) A university lecturer below a professor.
Any device that reads something.
A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
A literary anthology.
A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
A newspaper advertisement designed to look like an news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
As nouns the difference between professor and reader
is that professor is a teacher or faculty member at a college or university while reader is a person who reads a publication.professor
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.
Synonyms
* profDerived terms
* adjunct professor * assistant professor * associate professor * full professor * professorial * professoriate * professorly * professorshipreader
English
Noun
(en noun)- a card reader''''', ''a microfilm '''reader