different between teaching vs tutelage

English

Alternative forms

• teachyng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?t???/
• Rhymes: -i?t???

Etymology 1

From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English t??ing, t??ung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach +? -ing.

Noun

teaching (countable and uncountable, plural teachings)

1. Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.

   Many follow the teachings of Confucius.

2. The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when s/he traches.

   Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.

   I have found a teaching job.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English techinge, techynge, techende, techand, from Old English t??ende, from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taikijan? (“to show, point out”), equivalent to teach +? -ing.

Verb

teaching

1. present participle of teach

Related terms

Anagrams

• cheating

English

Etymology

From Latin tutela (“a watching, guardianship, protection”), from tueri (“to watch, guard”). See tuition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tju?t?l?d?/, /?t?u?t?l?d?/, /?tu?t?l?d?/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?tju?t?l?d?/, /?t?u?t?l?d?/, /?tu?t?l?d?/
• (with syncope) IPA^(key): /?tju?tl?d?/, /?t?u?tl?d?/, /?tu?tl?d?/, /-?d?/

Noun

tutelage (countable and uncountable, plural tutelages)

1. The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; guardianship; protection

   the king's right of seigniory and tutelage
2. The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; care or protection enjoyed.
3. Instruction; teaching; guidance

Synonyms

• guardianship
• protection
• (instruction, guidance): tutorship

Related terms

• tutelar
• tutelary
• tuition
• tutor
• tutorial

Translations

Further reading

• tutelage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tutelage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.