Landlord vs Restaurateur - What's the difference?
landlord | restaurateur |
A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.
(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.
A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
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As nouns the difference between landlord and restaurateur
is that landlord is a person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo while restaurateur is the owner of a restaurant.landlord
English
Noun
(en noun)- 2004: the lurking presence of “The Landlord ”
Synonyms
* (person who rents something) lessor * (owner or manager of a public house) publicanDerived terms
* landlordism * landlordlessrestaurateur
English
Alternative forms
* restauranteur (but see usage note)Usage notes
This is also spelled (restauranteur) (with an ‘n’), but this is considered erroneous by some, and the form restaurateur (without the ‘n’) is preferred in formal writing, and especially in the United Kingdom.restaurateur, restauranteur (nn.)'', Kenneth G. Wilson, ''The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, 1993 The form restaurateur (without the ‘n’) is the earlier form, borrowed from French, while the form (restauranteur) (with an ‘n’) = restaurant + is a later formation, from Anglicized forms, and thus seen by some as an etymological error. However, (restauranteur) is widely used, and can be found in formal British writing.See for instance
Me and my travels: Raymond Blanc, restauranteur, in The Guardian and The Observer, 2008–10–12