Supervise vs Instruct - What's the difference?
supervise | instruct |
To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
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, title= (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
* 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:
(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
* Chapman
(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
As verbs the difference between supervise and instruct
is that supervise is while instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions.As a noun instruct is
(label) instruction.As an adjective instruct is
(label) arranged; furnished; provided.supervise
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(supervis)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
- Let me supervise the canzonet.
instruct
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* guideAdjective
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