different between powerofattorney vs fiduciary

English

From Latin f?d?ci?rius (“held in trust”), from f?d?cia (“trust”).

fiduciary (not comparable)

(law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
a fiduciary contract
a fiduciary duty
Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 63:
  Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.

fiduciary (plural fiduciaries)

(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
(theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

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