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Client vs Personal - What's the difference?

client | personal |

As nouns the difference between client and personal

is that client is client, customer while personal is staff (employees of a business).

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

    * * * * * * * * * *

    See also

    * ("client" on Wikipedia) * server

    Anagrams

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    personal

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * personall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  • Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
  • Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
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  • Done in person; without the intervention of another.
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  • This immediate and personal speaking of God Almighty to Abraham, Job and Moses,
  • Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
  • (label) Denoting a person.
  • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * personal capital * personal fiduciary * personal lubricant * personal trainer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
  • A movable; a chattel.
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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