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Teached vs Professor - What's the difference?

teached | professor |

As a verb teached

is (nonstandard|colloquial|dialectal) (teach).

As a noun professor is

professor.

teached

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nonstandard, colloquial, dialectal) (teach)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1850, author=Unknown Author, title=Jemmy Stubbins, or The Nailer Boy, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I always like to be there to teach or to be teached . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1911, author=Ruth McEnery Stuart, title=Sonny, A Christmas Guest, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=His Sam failed to pass at the preliminar' examination, an' wasn't allowed to try for a diplomy in public; an' Enoch an' his wife, why, they seem to hold it ag'in' me thet Sonny could step in at the last moment an' take what their boy could n't git th'oo the trials an' tribulations of a whole year o' bein' teached lessons at home an' wrestled in prayer over. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1936-1938, author=Works Projects Administration, title=Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Ole Missus and Marse learn't me to never tell a lie, and she teached me dat's de way to git along well. }}

    Usage notes

    The correct past of teach is taught.

    Anagrams

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    professor

    English

    (wikipedia professor)

    Alternative forms

    * professour (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.
  • A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated
  • An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised)
    • Professor Plum'' or ''Prof. Plum .
  • (archaic) One who professes.
  • * 1897 , Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage'', Introduction, p. ''v :
    • This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;
  • (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 415:
    • You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.
  • The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

    • Synonyms

    * prof

    Derived terms

    * adjunct professor * assistant professor * associate professor * full professor * professorial * professoriate * professorly * professorship