Guru
Guru noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Usage example: one of those weather gurus that the television networks always drag out whenever there's a big blizzard brewing
Master
Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Usage example: a master at chess
Guru is a synonym for master in expert topic. You can use "Guru" instead a noun "Master", if it concerns topics such as instructor, female or male. popular alternative
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- Also, he has little to no control over the Avatar State, and while he does train with a guru to help him master it he leaves before the final step is complete to go save his friends from Azula.
Source: Incompletely Trained -
In Ranma Saotome, Chi Master, Qiáng Wang wants revenge on the guru who destroyed his organization.
Source: Revenge by Proxy - In Ranma Saotome, Chi Master, Ranma's guru no longer ages, thanks to her ability to convert her chi and shen into ching.
Source: The Ageless
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