Monday, October 24, 2016

curate, curette

Curette or curette means a surgical instrument used for scraping --
Hand the doctor a curette when he asks for it.
We will use a curette to remove most of the tumor.

Curate or curate ( nearly rhymes with curette ) means an assistant clergyman, or a clergyman who cares for or counsels parishioners or churchgoers --
The young man is the minister's curate.
The curate is out calling on our sick parsishioners; he'll be back later.

Curate ( pronounced the same as "cure eight" ) means to manage a collection of art or objects of some kind, or property held in trust for a minor --
He plans to curate a collection of old photographs; you can see them on his blog.
We need to hire someone to curate our content.

Now that you know that, you can say --
"The curate will have to stand in for the nurse; show him a scalpel and a curette."

1 comment:

  1. The word Curated specifies the participation of the clergy or in charge of a church. It is likewise a meticulously picked and diligently organized or presented clergyman of the lowest ranking, specifically in the Church of England, whose job is to assist the vicar (priest of a certain place). You can likewise define it as a clergy participant who functions as a church’s aide (as to a rector).

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