As nouns the difference between chief and lead
is that
chief is (
senseid)a leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc while
lead is (uncountable) a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity it is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal atomic number 82, symbol pb (from latin
plumbum ) or
lead can be (uncountable) the act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
As adjectives the difference between chief and lead
is that
chief is primary; principal while
lead is (not comparable) foremost.
As a verb lead is
to cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle or
lead can be to guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.