Warden vs Turnkey - What's the difference?
warden | turnkey |
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture)
*1980 , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 1980, Kathleen Bailey,
*:Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well.
A warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.
* 1836 , ,
to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use
As a proper noun warden
is .As an adjective turnkey is
ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).As a noun turnkey is
a warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.As a verb turnkey is
to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use.warden
English
Noun
(en noun)- He called to the warden on the battlements.
- the warden of a college
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.
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* * *turnkey
English
Adjective
(-)- They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure.
When and why weapons; page 42
Noun
(en noun)The Pickwick papers
- ...they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.
Verb
(en verb)- We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit.