Protege vs Student - What's the difference?
protege | student |
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor.
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.
As nouns the difference between protege and student
is that protege is a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person or mentor while student is a person who studies a particular academic subject.protege
English
Noun
(en noun)- While Pablo was visiting his family in Mexico, he visited José Santos, a protégé of his who was now head cholo of the Illuminati at his own will. — Manifold Destiny'' by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, ''The New Yorker
Synonyms
* mentee (more informal)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.