Messenger vs Emissary - What's the difference?
messenger | emissary |
One who brings messages.
(nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
(legal) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
(anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
As nouns the difference between messenger and emissary
is that messenger is one who brings messages while emissary is an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.As a verb messenger
is to send something by messenger.messenger
English
(wikipedia messenger)Noun
(en noun)- (Bouvier)
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