Mentoring vs. Grooming — What's the Difference?

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

A person employed to take care of horses or a stable.

Mentor Greek Mythology Odysseus's trusted counselor, in whose guise Athena became the guardian and teacher of Telemachus.

A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.

To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings.

One of several officers in an English royal household.

To serve as a trusted counselor or teacher to (another person).

A man.

Present participle of mentor

A male servant.

An arrangement by which one person mentors another.

To care for the appearance of; to make neat and trim

To clean and brush (an animal).

To remove dirt and parasites from the skin, fur, or feathers of (another animal).

To prepare, as for a specific position or purpose

(Sports) To prepare (terrain) for participants in a sport, as by packing down new snow and leveling moguls for skiers.

To care for one's appearance.

Present participle of groom

Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.

(biology) The practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc.

The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work.

Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.

The act of gaining the trust of a minor with the intention of luring them into a sexual relationship.

(software engineering) In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog. refinement instead.}}

Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled behavior, especially by providing opposrtunity for practise and guidance in making the right decisions; as, to provide grooming for one's successor as president.

The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance.

The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; - of animals.

Activity leading to skilled behavior

The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes