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Stewardess vs Hostess - What's the difference?

stewardess | hostess |

As nouns the difference between stewardess and hostess

is that stewardess is stewardess while hostess is a female host.

stewardess

English

Noun

(stewardesses)
  • A female steward
  • A female flight attendant

    • Synonyms

    * air hostess * cart tart (qualifier) * sky girl (slang) * trolley dolly (qualifier)

    Hypernyms

    * flight attendant * steward

    hostess

    English

    (wikipedia hostess)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A female host.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
    • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
  • A female innkeeper.
  • Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.
  • A bar hostess or bargirl; a paid female companion offering conversation and in some cases sex.

    • Derived terms

    * hostess trolley