Lecturer vs. Docent: What's the Difference?
Lecturer and Docent Definitions
Lecturer
One who delivers lectures, especially professionally.
Docent
A teacher or lecturer at some universities who is not a regular faculty member.
Lecturer
A member of the faculty of a college or university usually having qualified status without rank or tenure.
Docent
A lecturer or tour guide in a museum or cathedral.
Lecturer
A faculty member ranking below an assistant professor.
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Docent
Instructive; that teaches.
Lecturer
The academic rank held by such a faculty member.
Docent
A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
Lecturer
Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a reader.
Docent
A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.
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Lecturer
A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
Docent
Serving to instruct; teaching.
Lecturer
A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.
Docent
A teacher at some universities
Lecturer
(dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.
Lecturer
One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
Lecturer
A public lecturer at certain universities
Lecturer
Someone who lectures professionally
