Professor vs Specialist - What's the difference?
professor | specialist |
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.
Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
(medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
(US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
As nouns the difference between professor and specialist
is that professor is a teacher or faculty member at a college or university while specialist is someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.As an adjective specialist is
specialised.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.