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Trustee vs Committee - What's the difference?

trustee | committee |

As nouns the difference between trustee and committee

is that trustee is a person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process while committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

As a verb trustee

is to commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.

trustee

English

(wikipedia trustee)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

    • Derived terms

    * board of trustees * public trustee

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To commit (property) to the care of a ; as, to trustee an estate.
  • To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

    • committee

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (contraction)

    Noun

    (wikipedia committee) (en noun)
  • a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols
  • (archaic) a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

    • Derived terms

    * committeeman * committeeperson * committeewoman * subcommittee