Conductor vs. Maestro

Published: 16 Jul, 2022

Conductornoun

One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

Maestronoun

A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.

Conductornoun

(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.

Maestronoun

(slang) A gang elder in prison.

Conductornoun

A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers

‘train conductor; tram conductor’;

Maestronoun

A master in any art, especially in music; a composer or orchestra conductor.

Conductornoun

Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.

Maestronoun

an artist of consummate skill;

‘a master of the violin’; ‘one of the old masters’;

Conductornoun

(mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed

Maestro

Maestro (; from the Italian maestro [maˈestro; maˈɛstro], meaning or ) is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestri, feminine: maestra). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera, in line with the ubiquitous use of Italian musical terms.

‘master’; ‘teacher’;

Conductornoun

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.

Conductornoun

(architecture) A leader.

Conductornoun

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

‘Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.’;

Conductornoun

One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.

Conductornoun

The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.