Waiter vs Chef - What's the difference?
waiter | chef |
A male or sometimes female attendant who or similar.
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‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}} (literally) Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
(obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.
The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household
*<1845 , R. H. Barham, Blasphemer's Warning'' in ''Ingoldsby Legends (1847), 3rd Ser., 245
*:The Chef' s peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment
*1849 , Thackeray, Pendennis (1850), I. xxviii. 266
*:The angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
Any cook
*Kiss the chef
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As nouns the difference between waiter and chef
is that waiter is a male or sometimes female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café or similar while chef is the presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.waiter
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(en noun)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
citation, passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}