Represent vs Proxenos – What’s the difference?

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Represent vs Proxenos - What's the difference?
As a verb represent is to present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

As a noun proxenos is a citizen of a state appointed by another state to host its ambassadors and to represent and protect its interests there.

represent

English

(Webster 1913 )

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(en verb )

  • To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
  • To portray by pictorial or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
  • To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
  • To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
  • To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one’s own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
    • He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
  • To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
  • To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
  • To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).

    • (Webster 1913 )

    Related terms

    * representability
    * representable
    * representation

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    proxenos

    English

    Alternative forms

    * proxenus (Latinate spelling)

    Noun

    (proxenoi)

  • A citizen of a state appointed by another state to host its ambassadors and to represent and protect its interests there.

    • Synonyms

    * hospes (Roman equivalent); consul, minister-resident (modern equivalents)

    Related terms

    * proxenete (chiefly historical)
    * proxeny (in Ancient Greek history)

    References

    * “ proxenos, n. ” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2008)

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