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Reception vs Lobby - What's the difference?

reception | lobby |

As nouns the difference between reception and lobby

is that reception is the act of receiving while lobby is an entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

As a verb lobby is

to attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

reception

English

Noun

  • The act of receiving.
  • (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
    • We have poor TV reception in the valley.
    The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
  • A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
    • After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .
  • A reaction.
    • The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane.}}
  • The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
  • (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

    • Synonyms

    * (desk where guests are received) front desk

    Derived terms

    * receptionist * reception desk * reception room

    Related terms

    * receptacle * receptive * receptible * receptor * receive

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lobby

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *(term), from , from (etyl) or (etyl).

    Noun

    (lobbies)
  • An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
    • I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
  • That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
  • A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
    • The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
  • (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
  • (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
  • A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
    • Derived terms
    * gun lobby

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
    • For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
  • * 2002 , (Jim Hightower), in
    • The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
    • , title= Cronies and capitols , passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
    Related terms
    * lobbying * lobbyist

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) scouse (from lobscouse)
  • * My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

    • External links

    * * * English terms derived from Latin ----