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Registrar vs Conservator - What's the difference?

registrar | conservator |

As nouns the difference between registrar and conservator

is that registrar is an official keeper, or recorder of records while conservator is one who conserves, preserves or protects something.

registrar

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official keeper, or recorder of records.
  • An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
  • An officer in a hospital who records admissions.
  • (Internet) a service that manages domain names.
  • conservator

    English

    Alternative forms

    * conservatour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who conserves, preserves or protects something.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
  • Chlouveraki, a tenacious archaeological conservator , has salvaged antiquities all over the Middle East.
  • * Derham
  • the great Creator and Conservator of the world
  • (legal) A person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of another; similar to a guardian but with some powers of a trustee.
  • * Clarendon
  • The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
  • * Bouvier
  • the conservator of the estate of an idiot
  • An officer in charge of preserving the public peace, such as a justice or sheriff.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A judge delegated by the pope to defend certain privileged classes of persons from manifest or notorious injury or violence, without recourse to a judicial process.
  • A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.
  • Derived terms

    * conservatorial * conservatorship