Main Difference
The main difference between Preacher and Pastor is that the Preacher is a person who delivers sermons or gives homilies and Pastor is a ordained leader of a Christian congregation.
Preacher vs. Pastor
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Preacher
A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a moral or social worldview or philosophy.
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Pastor
A pastor is an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. A pastor also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation.
It is derived from the Latin word pastor, meaning shepherd. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, the term may be abbreviated to "Pr" or "Ptr" (singular) or "Ps" (plural).
Wikipedia
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Preacher (noun)
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy{{,}} or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman.
Pastor (noun)
A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
Pastor (noun)
Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
Pastor (noun)
A minister or a priest in a Christian church.
Pastor (verb)
To serve a pastor
Wiktionary
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Preacher (noun)
One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects.
Preacher (noun)
One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
Pastor (noun)
A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.
Pastor (noun)
A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.
Pastor (noun)
A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.
Webster Dictionary
Preacher (noun)
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
Pastor (noun)
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Pastor (noun)
only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
Princeton's WordNet
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