Interloper vs Guest - What's the difference?
interloper | guest |
(obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
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, passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
(obsolete) To receive or entertain hospitably.
As nouns the difference between interloper and guest
is that interloper is an unlicensed or illegitimate trader while guest is a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.As a verb guest is
to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.As a proper noun Guest is
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Noun
(en noun)- They disliked the interloper , and forced him to leave.
See also
* gatecrasher, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybodyReferences
External links
*guest
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- (Sylvester)