Leader vs. Captain

Leadernoun

any person that leads or directs

Leadernoun

one who goes first

Leadernoun

one having authority to direct

Leadernoun

one who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles

Leadernoun

a person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.

Leadernoun

(music) a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra

Leadernoun

the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster

Leadernoun

an animal that leads

Leadernoun

the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions

Leadernoun

an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs

Leadernoun

someone or something that leads or conducts

Leadernoun

(botany) a fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant

Leadernoun

a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground

Leadernoun

(UK) the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story

Leadernoun

(fishing) a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line

Leadernoun

a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press

Leadernoun

(marketing) a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price

Leadernoun

(printing) a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face

Leadernoun

a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number

Leadernoun

(fishing) a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.

Leadernoun

(mining) a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one

Leadernoun

(nautical) a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places

Leadernoun

(engineering) the drive wheel in any kind of machinery

Leadernoun

(meteorology) the path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning

Leadernoun

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

Leadernoun

A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

Leadernoun

The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

Leadernoun

A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

Leadernoun

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

Leadernoun

a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

Captainnoun

A chief or leader.

Captainnoun

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

Captainnoun

An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

Captainnoun

A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.

Captainnoun

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

Captainnoun

One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.

Captainnoun

The leader of a group of workers.

Captainnoun

A maître d'.

Captainnoun

(southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

Captainnoun

(internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.

Captainverb

(intransitive) To act as captain

Captainverb

(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

Captainnoun

A head, or chief officer

Captainnoun

A military leader; a warrior.

Captainverb

To act as captain of; to lead.

Captainadjective

Chief; superior.

Captainnoun

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

Captainnoun

the naval officer in command of a military ship

Captainnoun

a policeman in charge of a precinct

Captainnoun

an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Captainnoun

the leader of a group of people;

Captainnoun

the pilot ins charge of an airship

Captainnoun

a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

Captainverb

be the captain of a sports team