Attending vs Attendant - What's the difference?
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Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
(US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
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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.
As adjectives the difference between attending and attendant
is that attending is that {{l/en|attend}} or attends; that is or are in {{l/en|attendance}}; {{l/en|attendant}} while attendant is going with; associated; concomitant.As nouns the difference between attending and attendant
is that attending is a physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care while attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something.As a verb attending
is present participle of lang=en.attending
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Adjective
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(en noun)citation
Verb
(head)attendant
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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)
