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Superintendent vs Mintmaster - What's the difference?

superintendent | mintmaster |

As nouns the difference between superintendent and mintmaster

is that superintendent is a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something while mintmaster is the superintendent of a mint, where money is coined.

As an adjective superintendent

is overseeing; superintending.

superintendent

English

Noun

(wikipedia superintendent) (en noun)
  • A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
  • A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
  • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=7 citation , passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent ; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
  • The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
  • (chiefly, US) A janitor.
  • Synonyms

    * manager * foreman * chief, head, head man * controller, comptroller * overseer * supervisor

    Derived terms

    * (abbreviation) * SP (abbreviation) * chief superintendent * detective superintendent (DSupt) * detective chief superintendent (DCS)

    See also

    * (policing ) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Overseeing; superintending.
  • mintmaster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The superintendent of a mint, where money is coined.
  • (Webster 1913)