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Commissary vs Emissary - What's the difference?

commissary | emissary |

As nouns the difference between commissary and emissary

is that commissary is a store primarily serving soldiers while emissary is an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

commissary

English

Noun

(commissaries)
  • A store primarily serving soldiers.
  • A cafeteria at a movie studio.
  • One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
  • * John Donne
  • Great Destiny, the Commissary of God
  • An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
  • (Ayliffe)

    emissary

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia emissary) (emissaries)
  • An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
  • (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.