Waiter vs Editor - What's the difference?
waiter | editor |
A male or sometimes female attendant who or similar.
* , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5
‘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.
A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
A copy editor.
A person who edited a specific document.
* John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
* John is the city editor at the ''Daily Times''.
A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
(computer software) A program for creating]] and [[make, making changes to files, especially text files.
* The TPU EVE editor''' is an excellent, extensible, programmable '''editor .
(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
As nouns the difference between waiter and editor
is that waiter is a male or sometimes female attendant who or similar while editor is a person who edits or makes changes to documents.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.’}}