Faculty vs. Staff

By Jaxson

  • Faculty (noun)

    The universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.

  • Faculty (noun)

    A division of a university.

    “She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.”

  • Faculty (noun)

    An ability, skill, or power, often plural.

    “He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.”

  • Faculty (noun)

    A power, authority or privilege conferred by a higher authority.

  • Faculty (noun)

    A licence to make alterations to a church.

  • Faculty (noun)

    The members of a profession.

  • Staff (noun)

    A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

  • Staff (noun)

    A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.

  • Staff (noun)

    The employees of a business.

    “The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.”

  • Staff (noun)

    A mixture of W

  • Staff (noun)

    A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.

    “a constable’s staff”

  • Staff (noun)

    A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

  • Staff (noun)

    The rung of a ladder.

  • Staff (noun)

    A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

  • Staff (noun)

    An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

  • Staff (noun)

    The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

  • Staff (noun)

    An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general’s staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.

  • Staff (verb)

    To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

Wiktionary
  • Faculty (noun)

    an inherent mental or physical power

    “her critical faculties”

    “the faculty of sight”

  • Faculty (noun)

    an aptitude for doing something

    “his faculty for taking the initiative”

  • Faculty (noun)

    a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge

    “the Faculty of Arts”

    “the law faculty”

  • Faculty (noun)

    the teaching or research staff of a group of university departments viewed as a body

    “there were then no tenured women on the faculty”

  • Faculty (noun)

    the members of a particular profession, especially medicine, considered collectively.

  • Faculty (noun)

    a licence or authorization from a Church authority

    “the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so”

Oxford Dictionary

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