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Bouncer vs Bodyguard - What's the difference?

bouncer | bodyguard |

As nouns the difference between bouncer and bodyguard

is that bouncer is a member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble while bodyguard is a person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.

As a verb bodyguard is

to act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.

bouncer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
  • (cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
  • (Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
  • (dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
  • (slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
    • (Johnson)
  • (slang, archaic) A bold lie.
  • (slang, archaic) A liar.
    • (Marryat)
  • Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
  • * De Quincey
    • The stone must be a bouncer .
  • A bouncy castle.
  • A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.

    • Synonyms

    * (security personnel) doorman * bumper * (IRC account) BNC

    bodyguard

    English

    Noun

  • A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively , to protect.
  • * 2005 , (Christopher Hitchens), ‘Burned Out’, Slate , Mar 7 2005:
    • The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.