Colleague vs. Student: What's the Difference?
Colleague and Student Definitions
Colleague
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate.
Student
One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.
Colleague
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Student
One who studies something
A student of contemporary dance.
Colleague
To unite or associate with another or with others.
Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)
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Student
An attentive observer
A student of world affairs.
Colleague
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
Student
A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
She is a student of human interactions.
He is a student of life.
Colleague
To unite or associate with another or with others.
Student
A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
The students were out raising funds for rag week.
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Colleague
An associate you work with
Student
(in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university primary]] or secondary school.
Colleague
A person who is member of your class or profession;
The surgeon consulted his colleagues
He sent e-mail to his fellow hackers
Student
A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student.
Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book.
Student
One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.
Student
A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
Student
A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
