Embassy vs Ambassador - What's the difference?
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The function or duty of an ambassador.
An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
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 .
Ambassador is a related term of embassy.
As nouns the difference between embassy and ambassador
is that embassy is the function or duty of an ambassador 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.embassy
English
(wikipedia embassy)Noun
(embassies)- The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
- The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by (James Buchanan), before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way.
