Tutor vs Professor - What's the difference?
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One who teaches another (usually called a student'', ''learner'', or ''tutee ) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
(UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
(obsolete) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
(trading card games) A card that allows you to search your deck for one or more other cards.
To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.
(trading card games) To search your deck for one or more other cards.
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.
As nouns the difference between tutor and professor
is that tutor is one who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction while professor is a teacher or faculty member at a college or university.As a verb tutor
is to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.tutor
English
(wikipedia tutor)Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor .
Derived terms
* tutee * tutorshipVerb
(en verb)- To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
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* ----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.