teacher vs pupil vs student
teacher
Definitions
noun
- a person whose occupation is teaching
- a personified abstraction that teaches
Examples
It wasn't a bad program; with full profs as teachers, I read a lot and learned a lot.
Thell Torrence's name may not be familiar to the average fight fan but he, along with a couple of others, is the premier teacher of the manly art in the USA.
A lot of teachers expect the situation to worsen over the next few years.
pupil
Definitions
noun
- a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
- a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
Examples
The net result of all these changes is that schools should be able to deliver a better service to pupils.
The teacher always puts in a good word for his former pupils.
She taught a class of 30 pupils.
