Following vs Staff - What's the difference?
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Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
* 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross),
About to be specified.
(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
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Something to be mentioned immediately later. Used with the definite article the .
Vocation; business; profession.
(label) A long, straight stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
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(label) The employees of a business.
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A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
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A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
(label) The rung of a ladder.
* Dr. J. Campbell (E. Brown's Travels)
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
(label) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
(label) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
(label) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
As nouns the difference between following and staff
is that following is a group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage while staff is a long, straight stick, especially one used to assist in walking.As an adjective following
is coming next, either in sequence or in time.As a preposition following
is after, subsequent to.As a verb staff is
to supply (a business) with employees.following
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Adjective
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- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
Usage notes
(Senses 1, 2) When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the'', and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like ''the following two remarks'' instead of ''the two following remarks .Antonyms
* abovementioned * aforementioned * aforesaidNoun
(en noun)- He had a loyal following .
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- The following is a recommendation letter from the president.
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(wikipedia staff)Noun
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- Methought this staff , mine office badge in court, / Was broke in twain.
- All his officers brake their staves'; but at their return new ' staves were delivered unto them.
- I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves .
- Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical.