Assistant vs Supporter - What's the difference?
assistant | supporter |
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
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(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
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A person who assists or helps someone else.
(British) Sales assistant.
A software tool that provides assistance in some task.
A person who gives support to someone or something.
# A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause or movement; an adherent.
# A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
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# (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
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Something that supports another thing.
# Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
# (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
# A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
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As nouns the difference between assistant and supporter
is that assistant is (obsolete) someone who is present; a bystander, a witness while supporter is a person who gives support to someone or something.As an adjective assistant
is having a subordinate or auxiliary position.assistant
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Alternative forms
* assistaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(-) (attributive)- an assistant surgeon
- Genius and learning are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
Noun
(en noun)- a woman of great authority, having first yeelded an accompt unto her Citizens, and shewed good reasons why she was resolved to end her life, earnestly entreated Pompey to be an assistant at her death, that so it might be esteemed more honourable.
Anagrams
* ----supporter
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(wikipedia supporter)Noun
(en noun)- There were 10,000 supporters in the last match.
- From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.