Peer vs. Fellow

By Jaxson

  • Fellow

    A fellow is a member of a group (or fellowship) that work together in pursuing mutual knowledge or practice. There are many different kinds of fellowships which are awarded for different reasons in academia and industry, often indicating an advanced level of scholarship.

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  • Peer (verb)

    To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

  • Peer (verb)

    To come in sight; to appear.

  • Peer (verb)

    To make equal in rank.

  • Peer (verb)

    To carry communications traffic terminating on one’s own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one’s traffic.

  • Peer (noun)

    A look; a glance.

  • Peer (noun)

    Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal (to that of something else).

  • Peer (noun)

    Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).

  • Peer (noun)

    A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.

    “a peer of the realm”

  • Peer (noun)

    A comrade; a companion; an associate.

  • Peer (noun)

    Someone who pees, someone who urinates.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A colleague or partner.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A companion; a comrade.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

  • Fellow (noun)

    An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

  • Fellow (noun)

    One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A male person; a man.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A person; an individual, male or female.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as “Fellow”.

  • Fellow (noun)

    In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

  • Fellow (noun)

    In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

  • Fellow (noun)

    A member of a literary or scientific society

    “a Fellow of the Royal Society”

  • Fellow (noun)

    The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some Fellows also hold business titles such as Vice President or Chief Technology Officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.

  • Fellow (adjective)

    Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group

    “Roger and his fellow workers are to go on strike.”

  • Fellow (verb)

    To suit with; to pair with; to match.

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