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Reactor vs Rector - What's the difference?

reactor | rector |

As a noun reactor

is a person who behaves in response to a suggestion, stimulation or some other influence.

As a proper noun rector is

an english surname; derived from the (etyl) surname richter .

reactor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who behaves in response to a suggestion, stimulation or some other influence.
  • (industrial) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.
  • (nuclear physics) A device which uses atomic energy to produce heat.
  • (chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence or contact with another substance.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    rector

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rectour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
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  • In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
  • A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.