What's the difference between chorist and chorister?
Chorist
Definition:
(n.) A singer in a choir; a chorister.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 2010 a chorister was dismissed for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.
(2) Backing this up, a recent study by the Oxford Brookes psychologist Nick Stewart found that choristers reported far higher levels of mental wellbeing than people who sang alone, or played a team sport.
(3) … a King’s chorister Peter Pan Dancers are naturals in the air, so it’s not hard for them to look spectacular in Peter Pan, here choreographed by Northern Ballet’s director David Nixon.
(4) He makes his musical journey from child chorister, to leader of his local El Sistema orchestra, to globe-trotting twentysomething conductor sound like a serene progress.
(5) Bolstered by the success of beating other groups to claim the title, the choristers from St John’s care home in North Yorkshire seized the chance to enter the contest and showcase the talented communities that thrive inside the UK’s care homes.
(6) That’s from people who, frankly, don’t feel the effects.” In his spare time, he DJ’d, specialising in house and garage, with a residency in a south London bar (at school he had played cello and was a chorister at Southwark Cathedral; his voice can be heard on the theme tune to Mr Bean).
(7) An outbreak of streptococcal throat infection which took place in a preparatory school for boys (some of whom were choristers) over three terms from November 1983 to June 1984 is described.
(8) As one former minister says of the puritan choristers: “They have spent their lives working towards this dream.
Chorister
Definition:
(n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.
(n.) One who leads a choir in church music.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 2010 a chorister was dismissed for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting.
(2) Backing this up, a recent study by the Oxford Brookes psychologist Nick Stewart found that choristers reported far higher levels of mental wellbeing than people who sang alone, or played a team sport.
(3) … a King’s chorister Peter Pan Dancers are naturals in the air, so it’s not hard for them to look spectacular in Peter Pan, here choreographed by Northern Ballet’s director David Nixon.
(4) He makes his musical journey from child chorister, to leader of his local El Sistema orchestra, to globe-trotting twentysomething conductor sound like a serene progress.
(5) Bolstered by the success of beating other groups to claim the title, the choristers from St John’s care home in North Yorkshire seized the chance to enter the contest and showcase the talented communities that thrive inside the UK’s care homes.
(6) That’s from people who, frankly, don’t feel the effects.” In his spare time, he DJ’d, specialising in house and garage, with a residency in a south London bar (at school he had played cello and was a chorister at Southwark Cathedral; his voice can be heard on the theme tune to Mr Bean).
(7) An outbreak of streptococcal throat infection which took place in a preparatory school for boys (some of whom were choristers) over three terms from November 1983 to June 1984 is described.
(8) As one former minister says of the puritan choristers: “They have spent their lives working towards this dream.