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Student vs Padawan - What's the difference?

student | padawan |

As nouns the difference between student and padawan

is that student is student while padawan is an apprentice or student jedi.

student

English

(wikipedia student)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who studies a particular academic subject.
    • A student of philosophy.
  • (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
    • He is a student of life.
  • A person enrolled at a university.
    • The students were out raising funds for rag week.
  • (chiefly, North America) A schoolchild.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who studies a particular subject) scholar * (person seriously devoted to some subject) devotee * (schoolchild) pupil, schoolchild * disciple

    Antonyms

    * teacher

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    padawan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An apprentice or student Jedi.
  • Any apprentice or student.
  • * 2001 , Joseph P. Russell, Java programming for the absolute beginner , page 57:
    • It is impossible for you to create this application using only the techniques you learned in the first two chapters, so read on young padawan !
  • * 2006 , Tom Limoncelli, Time management for system administrators , page 160:
    • "The root of your problem is just that, young padawan . Hmmm?"
    English terms derived from Star Wars