Dean vs. Principal

Deannoun

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

Deannoun

The senior member of some group of people.

Deannoun

A hill.

Deanverb

To serve as a dean.

Deanverb

To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.

Deannoun

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.

Deannoun

The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.

Deannoun

The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

Deannoun

A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.

Deannoun

The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; - so called by courtesy.

Deannoun

an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

Deannoun

United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)

Deannoun

a man who is the senior member of a group;

Deannoun

(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals

Principaladjective

Primary; most important.

Principaladjective

Of or relating to a prince; princely.

Principalnoun

The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

Principalnoun

The chief administrator of a school.

Principalnoun

The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.

Principalnoun

(legal) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on one′s behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.

Principalnoun

(legal) The primary participant in a crime.

Principalnoun

(North America) A partner or owner of a business.

Principalnoun

(music) A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.

Principalnoun

The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.

Principalnoun

The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

Principalnoun

One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.

Principalnoun

(obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle.

Principalnoun

A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.

Principalnoun

(computing) A security principal.

Principaladjective

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.

Principaladjective

Of or pertaining to a prince; princely.

Principalnoun

A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; - distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant.

Principalnoun

The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, - as distinguished from an accessory.

Principalnoun

A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

Principalnoun

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

Principalnoun

the educator who has executive authority for a school;

Principalnoun

an actor who plays a principal role

Principalnoun

capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

Principalnoun

the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

Principaladjective

most important element;

Principaladjective

first in order of importance; main

Principaladjective

denoting an original sum invested or lent

Principalnoun

the most important or senior person in an organization or group

Principalnoun

the head of a school, college, or other educational institution

Principalnoun

the leading performer in a concert, play, ballet, or opera

Principalnoun

the leading player in each section of an orchestra

Principalnoun

(in certain professions) a fully qualified practitioner

Principalnoun

(in the UK) a senior civil servant in charge of a particular section.

Principalnoun

a sum of money lent or invested, on which interest is paid

Principalnoun

a person for whom another acts as an agent or representative

Principalnoun

the person directly responsible for a crime.

Principalnoun

each of the combatants in a duel.

Principalnoun

a main rafter supporting purlins.

Principalnoun

an organ stop sounding a main register of open flue pipes typically an octave above the diapason