Teacher vs. Preceptor

Teachernoun

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

Preceptornoun

A teacher or tutor.

Teachernoun

The index finger; the forefinger.

Preceptornoun

(historic) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar.

Teachernoun

An indication; a lesson.

Preceptornoun

A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc.

Teachernoun

(Mormonism) The second highest office in the Aaronic priesthood, held by priesthood holders of at least the age of 14.

Preceptornoun

One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.

Teachernoun

One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

Preceptornoun

The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.

Teachernoun

One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.

‘The teachers in all the churches assembled.’;

Preceptornoun

teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

Teachernoun

a person whose occupation is teaching

Preceptor

A preceptor (from Latin, ) is a teacher responsible for upholding a precept, meaning a certain law or tradition.

‘praecepto’;

Teachernoun

a personified abstraction that teaches;

‘books were his teachers’; ‘experience is a demanding teacher’;

Teacher

A teacher (also called a schoolteacher or formally, an educator) is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence or virtue. Informally the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g.