Lecturer vs. Tutor — 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 private instructor.

One who delivers lectures, especially professionally.

One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.

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

A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.

A faculty member ranking below an assistant professor.

A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities.

The academic rank held by such a faculty member.

(Law) The guardian of a minor.

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

To act as a tutor to; instruct or teach privately.

A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

To have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of.

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

To function as a tutor.

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

To be instructed by a tutor; study under a tutor.

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

A public lecturer at certain universities

(UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.

Someone who lectures professionally

One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

(trading card games) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.

(transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.

To treat with authority or sternness.

(trading card games) To fetch a card from one's deck.

One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.

A treasurer; a keeper.

One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

A private or public teacher.

An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.

An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.

To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.

To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.

A person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)

Be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction;

Act as a guardian to someone