Superintendent vs Superintendence - What's the difference?
superintendent | superintendence |
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 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.
Overseeing; superintending.
The act of superintending; supervision
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As nouns the difference between superintendent and superintendence
is that superintendent is a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something while superintendence is the act of superintending; supervision.As an adjective superintendent
is overseeing; superintending.superintendent
English
Noun
(wikipedia superintendent) (en noun)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.”}}
Synonyms
* manager * foreman * chief, head, head man * controller, comptroller * overseer * supervisorDerived 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
(-)superintendence
English
Noun
(-)- then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.