Attendant vs Accompanying - What's the difference?
attendant | accompanying | Synonyms |
One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
Going with; associated; concomitant.
* Sir Walter Scott
(legal) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
Present together.
* (1848 ) :
Accompanying is a synonym of attendant.
As nouns the difference between attendant and accompanying
is that attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something while accompanying is form of accompany|lang=en.As adjectives the difference between attendant and accompanying
is that attendant is going with; associated; concomitant while accompanying is present together.As a verb accompanying is
present participle of lang=en.attendant
English
Alternative forms
* attendaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
Adjective
(en adjective)- They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
- The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
- the widow attendant to the heir
- (Cowell)
See also
* part and parcel ----accompanying
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge.
References
*“accompanying” in Merriam-Webster Thesaurus