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Sommelier vs Barista - What's the difference?

sommelier | barista |

As nouns the difference between sommelier and barista

is that sommelier is a wine steward the person at an expensive restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises guests on a choice of wines while barista is barista.

sommelier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wine steward. The person at an expensive restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises guests on a choice of wines.
    • The sommelier recommended the perfect wine, opened the bottle with panache, and served it into glasses.

    barista

    English

    (wikipedia barista)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who serves behind the counter in a coffee shop.

    • Usage notes

    * , in Italian, is of common gender. For English speakers cursorily familiar with Italian grammar, it may appear feminine on first encounter, as evidenced by the existence of the hypercorrect derivation baristo, intended as its masculine counterpart.

    Derived terms

    * baristo (hypercorrect masculine form)

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ista ----