different between adviser vs preceptor

English

Alternative forms

• advisor

Etymology

From advise +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?va?z.?/

Noun

adviser (plural advisers)

1. one who advises

Usage notes

• In the UK, Ireland and Asia the spelling is traditionally adviser, though US spelling advisor is becoming increasingly common. In the US, Associated Press style is adviser, and most newspapers and some magazines follow that spelling, whereas US federal government style, other government agencies, and many businesses prefer advisor. News organizations around the world may change spelling found in sources, even in quoted material. US book publishers may be less likely to change spelling in quoted material because this practice is contrary to The Chicago Manual of Style.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Old French aviser, with the d added back to reflect the Late Latin advis?.

Verb

adviser

1. to advise; to counsel

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: aviser

References

• “aviser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• præceptor (archaic)
• præceptour (obsolete, rare)
• preceptour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), from the verb praecipi? + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”) + capi? (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?i??s?pt??/

Noun

preceptor (plural preceptors)

1. A teacher or tutor. [from 15th c.]
   • c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 64:

     A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor.
2. The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. [from 15th c.]
3. (medicine, chiefly US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• preceptress
• preceptorship

Coordinate terms

• (medical trainee supervisor): orientee

Anagrams

• perceptor

Romanian

Etymology

From French précepteur, from Latin praeceptor.

Noun

preceptor m (plural preceptori)

1. private tutor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Latin praeceptor

Noun

preceptor m (plural preceptores, feminine preceptora, feminine plural preceptoras)

1. preceptor
2. teacher