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Assist vs Wait_on - What's the difference?

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Assist is a related term of wait_on.


As verbs the difference between assist and wait_on

is that assist is (label) to stand (at a place) or to (an opinion) while wait_on is (colloquial) to wait for an event.

As a noun assist

is a helpful action or an act of giving.

assist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
    • A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
  • (label) To attend
  • * 1967 , The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church , revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8:
    • To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
  • To help.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.}}
  • (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

    • Derived terms

    * assister * assistive

    Related terms

    * assistant * assistance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A helpful action or an act of giving.
    • The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
  • (sports) A statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
    • He had two assists in the game.

    Derived terms

    * assistful * assistless

    Anagrams

    * ----

    wait_on

    English

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To wait for an event.
    • I'm waiting on the light to change.
  • To wait for a person to do something.
    • I'm waiting on you before we can leave.
  • To serve someone.
    • Is someone waiting on you yet?
  • * Shakespeare
    • I must wait on myself, must I?
  • To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony.
  • To follow, as a consequence; to await.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • that ruin that waits on such a supine temper
  • To attend to; to perform.
  • * Bible, Numbers iii. 10
    • Aaron and his sons shall wait on their priest's office.
  • To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.
    • The airplane had to wait on the runway for a few minutes before it could take off.

    Related terms

    * wait * wait on hand and foot