Usher vs Reception - What's the difference?
usher | reception |
A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
A male escort at a wedding.
A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
(dated) An underteacher, or assistant master, in a school.
To guide people to their seats.
* 1836 , , Sketches by Boz , "The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain."
To accompany or escort (someone).
* 1898 , , The Rise of the Dutch Republic , page 509
(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
* 1912 , Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750 , page 31
(figuratively) to lead or guide somewhere
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The act of receiving.
(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
A reaction.
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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.
As nouns the difference between usher and reception
is that usher is a person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats while reception is the act of receiving.As a verb usher
is to guide people to their seats.usher
English
(wikipedia usher)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* usheretteVerb
- Her entrance into church on Sunday is always the signal for a little bustle in the side aisle, occasioned by a general rise among the poor people, who bow and curtsey until the pew-opener has ushered the old lady into her accustomed seat, dropped a respectful curtsey, and shut the door;
- Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered .
- Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.
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Derived terms
* usher inAnagrams
* *reception
English
Noun
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
- After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .
- The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .
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