Director vs. Coordinator — What's the Difference?

One that supervises, controls, or manages.

A person whose job is to organize events or activities and to negotiate with others in order to ensure they work together effectively

A member of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of an institution or corporation.

A word used to connect clauses, sentences, or words of equal syntactic importance (e.g. and, or, for)

A person who supervises the creative aspects of a dramatic production or film and instructs the actors and crew.

(Mathematics)Any of a set of two or more numbers used to determine the position of a point, line, curve, or plane in a space of a given dimension with respect to a system of lines or other fixed references.

The conductor of an orchestra or chorus.

Coordinates Informal Directions

An electronic device that continually calculates and displays information used for firing weapons at moving targets, such as missiles or aircraft.

Coordinates A set of articles, as of clothing or luggage, designed to match or complement one other, as in style or color.

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Of equal importance, rank, or degree

A member of a board of directors.

(Grammar)Having equal syntactic status; not subordinate

A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.

(Mathematics)Of or based on a system of coordinates.

That which directs or orientates something.

Of or relating to a university in which men and women are taught by the same faculty but in single-sex classes or on single-sex campuses.

(military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.

To cause to work or function in a common action or effort

(chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

To make harmonious; harmonize

One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.

(Grammar)To link (syntactic units) at an equal level.

One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company.

To work or function together harmoniously

A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.

To form a harmonious combination; match

A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath.

One who coordinates.

Someone who controls resources and expenditures

An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.

Member of a board of directors

(grammar) A member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.

Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

Someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

The person who leads a musical group