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Ringmaster vs Ringleader - What's the difference?

ringmaster | ringleader |

As nouns the difference between ringmaster and ringleader

is that ringmaster is the person who manages the performers in a circus ring while ringleader is a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.

As a verb ringmaster

is to act as ringmaster.

ringmaster

English

(wikipedia ringmaster)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as ringmaster.
  • To control (a group of people).

    • ringleader

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group
  • a person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang
  • * The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
  • * (1590): William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2 : A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...