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Supervision vs Mentor - What's the difference?

supervision | mentor |

As a noun supervision

is supervision.

As a proper noun mentor is

(greek mythology) odysseus's trusted counselor he was assigned the responsibility to raise odysseus's son telemachus, while odysseus was away fighting in troy.

supervision

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or instance of supervising.
  • Under his parents supervision he drilled the holes in the wood.
  • Responsible oversight.
  • Do not attempt this without adequate supervision .

    mentor

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia mentor) (en noun)
  • A wise and trusted counselor or teacher
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as someone's mentor
  • See also

    * coach * nestor * sponsor * Article on the etymology and history of the word “mentor” on languagehat.com

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