Geek vs. Guru — What's the Difference?

The word geek is a slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people; in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit. In the past, it had a generally pejorative meaning of a "peculiar person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual, unfashionable, boring, or socially awkward".

Guru (, UK also ; Sanskrit: गुरु, IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher.

A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.

In Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism, a personal spiritual teacher.

A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

Any of the ten successive spiritual teachers who developed Sikhism between the 16th and 18th centuries.

A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.

Guru See Guru Granth Sahib.

To excite emotionally

A trusted counselor and adviser; a mentor.

(dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.

A popular or influential leader or advocate, as of a movement or idea

(colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.

In Indian traditions,it means a knowlegable teacher who guides his shishya(disciple/lit. seeker of [of knowledge or truth])

An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.

The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness.

An influential advisor or mentor.

(colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.

To act as a guru; to give wise advice

A look.

Same as gooroo.

(colloquial) To behave geekishly or in a socially awkward manner, especially when under the influence of drugs or other psycho-active substances, and exhibiting such marked characteristics as hyperactivity, repetitiveness, talkativeness, nervousness, irritability, or paranoia.

A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

(colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in or discuss geek-like interests.

Each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion

(Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

A recognized leader in some field or of some movement;

A performer in a carnival, often presented as a wild man, who performs grotesquely disgusting acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken or snake.

Any eccentric or strange person; an oddball; an eccentric.

A student who is socially inept and a misfit in his class, especially one who is an intellectual; a nerd; a dork.

An intellectually inclined person, especially one who is interested in scientific or technical subjects; as, a group of geeks wearing pocket protectors; - originally a deprecatory and contemptuous term, but in the 1990's, with the increase in popularity of computers and the frequency of accumulation of great wealth by computer entrepreneurs, it has come to be used with noticeable frequency by technically competent people to refer to themselves, ironically and sometimes proudly.

A carnival performer who does disgusting acts

A person with an unusual or odd personality