Difference between Principal and Director

What is the difference between Principal and Director?

Principal as a noun is the money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated while Director as a noun is one who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Principal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Primary; most important in a group.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated The principal administrator of a school One who directs another (the agent) to act on one's behalf A company represented by a sales person

Director

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

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