Doctor vs. Professor

Doctor vs. Professor — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Doctor and Professor

Doctornoun

A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.

If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.

Professornoun

The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof.

Doctornoun

A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

Professornoun

A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

Doctornoun

A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

Professornoun

(archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.

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Doctornoun

A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

Professornoun

A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.

Doctornoun

(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

Professornoun

The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Doctornoun

(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matterthe doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"

Professornoun

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

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Doctornoun

A fish, the friar skate.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.

Her children doctored her back to health.

Doctorverb

To act as a medical doctor.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.

Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

Doctorverb

To take medicine.

Doctornoun

a licensed medical practitioner;

I felt so bad I went to see my doctor

Doctornoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching;

the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages

Doctornoun

children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office;

the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor

Doctornoun

a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution;

she is a doctor of philosophy in physics

Doctorverb

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;

Sophisticate rose water with geraniol

Doctorverb

give medical treatment to

Doctorverb

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

She repaired her TV setRepair my shoes please