Difference between Chaperone and Chaperon

What is the difference between Chaperone and Chaperon?

Chaperone as a verb is to act as a chaperone while Chaperon as a verb is to accompany, to escort

Chaperone

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to act as a chaperone

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman. A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

Chaperon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to accompany, to escortto mother

We hope you now know whether to use Chaperone or Chaperon in your sentence.

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