captain vs master

verb

noun

An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A chief or leader.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.

verb

To be a master.
To earn a Master's degree.
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
To make a master copy of.

noun

Someone who has control over something or someone.
A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
A vessel having a specified number of masts.
The original of a document or of a recording.
A male dominant.
A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
The owner of an animal or slave.
A skilled artist.
Someone who employs others.
A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
A person holding such a degree.
The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
An expert at something.
A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.

adj