pupil vs recruit

pupil

noun
  • One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field. 

  • A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher. 

  • The central dark part of an ocellated spot. 

  • The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. 

recruit

noun
  • A hired worker 

  • A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. 

  • A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population. 

  • A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement. 

verb
  • To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc. 

  • To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population. 

  • To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body. 

  • To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster 

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