Principal vs. Director
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
Directornoun
One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
Directornoun
A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
Directornoun
That which directs or orientates something.
Directornoun
(military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
Directornoun
(chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
Directornoun
One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
Directornoun
One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company.
Directornoun
A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.
Directornoun
A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath.
Directornoun
someone who controls resources and expenditures
Directornoun
member of a board of directors
Directornoun
someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Directornoun
the person who leads a musical group
