Master vs. Leader — What's the Difference?

The owner or keeper of an animal

One that leads or guides.

The owner of a slave.

One who is in charge or in command of others.

One who has control over or ownership of something

One who heads a political party or organization.

An employer.

One who has influence or power, especially of a political nature.

The man who serves as the head of a household.

A conductor, especially of an orchestra, band, or choral group.

One who defeats another; a victor

The principal performer in an orchestral section or a group.

One who acts out the role of the dominating partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.

The foremost animal, such as a horse or dog, in a harnessed team.

The captain of a merchant ship. Also called master mariner.

A loss leader.

One whose teachings or doctrines are accepted by followers.

Chiefly British The main editorial in a newspaper.

Master(Christianity) Jesus.

Leaders(Printing) Dots or dashes in a row leading the eye across a page, as in an index entry.

A male teacher, schoolmaster, or tutor.

A pipe for conducting liquid.

One who holds a master's degree.

A short length of fishing line between the main line and the hook.

An artist or performer of great and exemplary skill.

A blank strip at the end or beginning of a film or tape used in threading or winding.

An old master.

(Botany) The growing apex or main shoot of a shrub or tree.

A worker qualified to teach apprentices and carry on the craft independently.

An economic indicator.

An expert

Any person who leads or directs.

Used formerly as a title for a man holding a naval office ranking next below a lieutenant on a warship.

One who goes first.

Used as a title for a man who serves as the head or presiding officer of certain societies, clubs, orders, or institutions.

One having authority to direct.

Master Used as a title for any of various male officers having specified duties concerning the management of the British royal household.

One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.

Master Used as a courtesy title before the given or full name of a boy not considered old enough to be addressed as Mister.

A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.

(Archaic) Used as a form of address for a man; mister.

(music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.

One who is appointed to assist a court in the performance of certain legal functions, such as the taking of testimony and calculating damages in complex litigation. Also called special master.

The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.

Master A man who owns a pack of hounds or is the chief officer of a hunt.

An animal that leads.

An original, such as an original document or audio recording, from which copies can be made.

The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master.

An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs

Principal or predominant

Either of the two front horses of a team of four in front of a carriage.

Controlling all other parts of a mechanism

Someone or something that leads or conducts.

Highly skilled or proficient

(botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.

Being an original from which copies are made.

A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.

To become very skilled in or knowledgeable about

The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.

To overcome or defeat

(fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.

To produce a master copy of (an audio or video recording, for example).

A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.

Someone who has control over something or someone.

An intertitle.

The owner of an animal or slave.

(marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.

(nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

(printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

(dated) The head of a household.

A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.

Someone who employs others.

(fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.

An expert at something.

(mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.

A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.

(nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.

(dated) A schoolmaster.

(engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.

A skilled artist.

(meteorology) The path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning.

(dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master.

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.

A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

A person holding such a degree.

The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

The original of a document or of a recording.

A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

(film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.

A person who rules or guides or inspires others

(legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.

A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.

(freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.

(by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

(BDSM) A male dominant.

A vessel having a specified number of masts.

Masterful.

Main, principal or predominant.

Highly skilled.

Original.

(intransitive) To be a master.highly ambiguous, master in what sense?

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

(transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.

To own; to possess.

To make a master copy of.

To earn a Master's degree.

A vessel having (so many) masts; - used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; - formerly used with much more extensive application than now.

One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.

One who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.

A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mĭster, except when given to boys; - sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.

A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.

The commander of a merchant vessel; - usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.

To own; to posses.

To be skillful; to excel.

An artist of consummate skill;

A person who has general authority over others

A combatant who is able to defeat rivals

Directs the work of other

Presiding officer of a school

An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

An authority qualified to teach apprentices

Key that secures entrance everywhere

Be or become completely proficient or skilled in;

Get on top of; deal with successfully;

Have dominance or the power to defeat over;

Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of;