Consul vs Ambassador - What's the difference?
consul | ambassador |
An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
(historical) Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic.
(historical) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
(obsolete) A senator; a counsellor.
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A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence )
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An official messenger and representative.
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A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water.
Syntax usage: In English the preferred constuction is ambassador to , example: The French ambassador to the United States .
As nouns the difference between consul and ambassador
is that consul is an official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation while ambassador is a minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence.consul
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(en noun)- Many of the consuls , raised and met, / Are at the duke's already.
- With kings and consuls of the earth.