Chairman vs. Gavel

Chairmannoun

A person presiding over a meeting.

Chairmannoun

The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

Chairmannoun

(historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

Chairmanverb

To serve as chairman.

Chairmannoun

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

Chairmannoun

One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.

Chairmannoun

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

Chairmanverb

act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university;

Gavelnoun

(historical) Rent.

Gavelnoun

(obsolete) Usury; interest on money.

Gavelnoun

(historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally.

Gavelnoun

A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge (not UK), or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.

Gavelnoun

The legal system as a whole (not UK).

Gavelnoun

A mason's setting maul.

Gavelnoun

A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

Gavelverb

To use a gavel.

Gavelnoun

A gable.

Gavelnoun

A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

Gavelnoun

The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.

Gavelnoun

A mason's setting maul.

Gavelnoun

Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.

Gavelnoun

a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

Gavelnoun

a small hammer with which an auctioneer, a judge, or the chair of a meeting hits a surface to call for attention or order.

Gavelverb

bring (a hearing or person) to order by use of a gavel

Gavel

A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle. It can be used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations and is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a presiding officer.