Salesman vs Server - What's the difference?
salesman | server |
A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
One who serves; a waitress or waiter.
A tray for dishes; a salver.
(computing) A program which provides services to other programs or users, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
(senseid)(computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
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As nouns the difference between salesman and server
is that salesman is a man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere while server is server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users).salesman
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(salesmen)Antonyms
* saleswomanHypernyms
* salesperson * seller * vendorDerived terms
* salesmanship * travelling salesman * travelling salesman problemserver
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(en noun)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}
