Warden vs Sheriff - What's the difference?
warden | sheriff |
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
(British, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders and other duties.
(Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
(US) A police officer, usually the chief of police for a county or other district.
As nouns the difference between warden and sheriff
is that warden is a guard or watchman while sheriff is (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders and other duties.As a proper noun Warden
is {{surname|lang=en}.As a verb sheriff is
to carry out the duties of a sheriff.warden
English
Noun
(en noun)- He called to the warden on the battlements.
- the warden of a college
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.