Attendant vs Attendee - What's the difference?
Attendant is a related term of attendee. As nouns the difference between attendant and attendee is that attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something while attendee is a person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event. As an adjective attendant is going with; associated; concomitant.
attendant
English
Noun
(en noun )
One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
- Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
Adjective
(en adjective )
Going with; associated; concomitant.
- They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
* Sir Walter Scott
- The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
(legal) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
- the widow attendant to the heir
- (Cowell)
See also
* part and parcel
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attendee
English
Noun
(en noun )
A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.
*2000 , Russian Government,
*:During the official performance of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation all attendees are supposed to stand and men take their hats off.
A visitor or participant of an event.
*2002 , Sam Williams,
*:O’Reilly, the summit host, remembers a particularly insightful comment from Torvalds, a summit attendee .
(uncommon) A person who is attended.
Synonyms
* (person in attendance) attender, audience (member)
* (participant in an event) audience (member), participant
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