What is the difference between congressman and representative?
congressman | representative |
A male member of congress.
(US) A male member of the
Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
One that is taken as typical of its class.
(US, politics) A member of the .
Company agent who visits potential purchasers, salesman.
As nouns the difference between congressman and representative
is that congressman is a male member of congress while representative is one who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.As an adjective representative is
typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.congressman
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Noun
(congressmen)Usage notes
Although both the , a member of the Senate is usually referred to only as "Senator", while a member of the House may be referred to as either "Representative" or "Congressman"/"Congresswoman".See also
* congresswomanrepresentative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.
Noun
(en noun)- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.