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Supervise vs Tutelage - What's the difference?

supervise | tutelage |

As a verb supervise

is to direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge.

As a noun tutelage is

the act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.

supervise

English

Verb

(supervis)
  • To direct, manage, or oversee; to be in charge
  • *, chapter=19
  • , title= 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.}}
  • (obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
  • * 1590 , , IV. ii. 120:
  • Let me supervise the canzonet.

    tutelage

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
  • * Macaulay
  • The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy.
  • The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.
  • Synonyms

    * guardianship * protection