Supervisor vs. Tutor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Supervisor and Tutor
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Supervisor
A supervisor, or also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, or sometimes gaffer, is the job title of a low level management position that is primarily based on authority over a worker or charge of a workplace. A supervisor can also be one of the most senior in the staff at the place of work, such as a Professor who oversees a PhD dissertation.
Tutor
A private instructor.
Supervisor
A person who supervises a person or an activity.
Tutor
One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.
Supervisor
One who supervises.
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Tutor
A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.
Supervisor
One who is in charge of a particular department or unit, as in a governmental agency or school system.
Tutor
A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities.
Supervisor
One who is an elected administrative officer in certain US counties and townships.
Tutor
(Law) The guardian of a minor.
Supervisor
(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
Tutor
To act as a tutor to; instruct or teach privately.
Supervisor
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
Tutor
To have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of.
Supervisor
(US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
Tutor
To function as a tutor.
Supervisor
(computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
Tutor
To be instructed by a tutor; study under a tutor.
Supervisor
One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.
Tutor
One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
Supervisor
A spectator; a looker-on.
Tutor
(UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
Supervisor
One who supervises or has charge and direction of
Tutor
One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
Supervisor
A program that controls the execution of other programs
Tutor
(trading card games) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
Tutor
(transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
Tutor
To treat with authority or sternness.
Tutor
(trading card games) To fetch a card from one's deck.
Tutor
One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
Tutor
A treasurer; a keeper.
Tutor
One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
Tutor
A private or public teacher.
Tutor
An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
Tutor
An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
Tutor
To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.
Their sons are well tutored by you.
Tutor
To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
Tutor
A person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)
Tutor
Be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction;
She tutored me in Spanish
Tutor
Act as a guardian to someone
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