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Tutelage vs Oversight - What's the difference?

tutelage | oversight |

As nouns the difference between tutelage and oversight

is that tutelage is the act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage while oversight is an omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.

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

    Related terms

    * tutelar * tutelary * tuition * tutor * tutorial

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    oversight

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
  • Supervision or management.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}