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Attorney vs Client - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between attorney and client

is that attorney is (us) a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession while client is client, customer.

attorney

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
  • An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

    • Usage notes

    * In the "agent" sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.

    Synonyms

    * mouthpiece (slang) * advocate

    Derived terms

    () * attorney general * attorney-in-fact * attorney-at-law * patent attorney * power of attorney (POA) * trade mark attorney

    client

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
  • (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
  • Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc).
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  • (legal) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.

    • Synonyms

    * (customer) buyer, customer

    Holonyms

    * (customer) clientele

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

    * clientele * client state

    See also

    * ("client" on Wikipedia) * server

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