What is the difference between pupil and student?
pupil | student |
(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),
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
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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.
A person who studies a particular academic subject.
(figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
A person enrolled at a university.
(chiefly, North America) A schoolchild.
Student is a synonym of pupil.
Student is a related term of pupil.
Student is a derived term of pupil.
As nouns the difference between pupil and student
is that pupil is an orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state while student is a person who studies a particular academic subject.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 ----student
English
(wikipedia student)Noun
(en noun)- A student of philosophy.
- He is a student of life.
- The students were out raising funds for rag week.