Pupil vs Fellow - What's the difference?
pupil | fellow |
(legal, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
(senseid)A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
* 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
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, title= (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
(lb) A colleague or partner.
(lb) A companion; a comrade.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:the fellows of his crime
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:We are fellows still, / Serving alike in sorrow.
*(Edward Gibbon) (1737-1794)
*:That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows , yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow .
An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:It is impossible that ever Rome / Should breed thy fellow .
One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
*(Philemon Holland) (1552-1637)
*:When they be but heifers of one year,they are let go to the fellow and breed.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:This was my glove; here is the fellow of it.
(lb) A male person; a man.
*1910 , (Saki), ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
*:‘There'll be about ten girls,’ speculated Rollo, as he drove to the function, ‘and I suppose four fellows , unless the Wrotsleys bring their cousin, which Heaven forbid.’
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, title= (lb) A person; an individual, male or female.
*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
*:She seemed to be a good sort of fellow .
(lb) A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".
#In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
#In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
#A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
#The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some Fellows also hold business titles such as Vice President or Chief Technology Officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.
#In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).
Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group
As nouns the difference between pupil and fellow
is that pupil is an orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state while fellow is a colleague or partner.As an adjective fellow is
having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group.As a verb fellow is
to suit with; to pair with; to match.pupil
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 575
- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
Etymology 2
(wikipedia pupil) From (etyl) pupille, from (etyl) , named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.Noun
(en noun)- Why did your pupils dilate when you saw me topless? Do you like me or something?
Derived terms
* pupilar * pupilary * pupillary 1000 English basic words ----fellow
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow , we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.