Lecturer vs. Reader — What's the Difference?

Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis.

A person who regularly reads certain material

One who delivers lectures, especially professionally.

See lay reader.

A member of the faculty of a college or university usually having qualified status without rank or tenure.

A person employed by a publisher to read and evaluate manuscripts.

A faculty member ranking below an assistant professor.

One who corrects printers' proofs; a proofreader.

The academic rank held by such a faculty member.

A teaching assistant who reads and grades examination papers.

Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a reader.

Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a professor.

A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

A textbook of reading exercises.

A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.

An anthology, especially a literary anthology.

(dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.

Any of various devices that read or retrieve data from a storage device or credit card.

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

See e-reader.

A public lecturer at certain universities

Readers Glasses that are used primarily for reading.

Someone who lectures professionally

A person who reads.

A person who reads a publication.

A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.

A proofreader.

A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.

A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.

A university lecturer ranking below a professor.

Any device that reads something.

A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.

A literary anthology.

A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.

(advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.

(in the plural) Reading glasses.

Marked playing cards used by cheaters.

One who reads.

One who reads much; one who is studious.

A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.

A person who enjoys reading

Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication

A person who can read; a literate person

Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

Someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections

Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

A public lecturer at certain universities

One of a series of texts for students learning to read