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Commis vs Commish - What's the difference?

commis | commish |

As nouns the difference between commis and commish

is that commis is a deputy or clerk of a foreign official while commish is commissioner.

commis

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A deputy or clerk of a foreign official
  • (chiefly, in combination) An assistant to a chef
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    commish

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (informal) commissioner
  • * {{quote-news, year=1994, date=March 11, author=Bill Wyman, title=Calendar, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Library commish Mary Dempsey presides over the talk, and there's an accompanying video, Staking Our Claim in Cyberspace. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=, title=The Valley of the Moon, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=From now on it's horsebuyin' on commish , an' you an' me on the road till we find that valley of the moon." }}