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Waitstaff vs Server - What's the difference?

waitstaff | server |

As nouns the difference between waitstaff and server

is that waitstaff is collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant while server is one who serves; a waitress or waiter.

waitstaff

English

Alternative forms

* wait staff

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.

    • See also

    * waiter

    server

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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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    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}

    Usage notes

    * Some prefer (term) to (waiter) or (waitress) because it is unisex.

    Derived terms

    * fileserver * microserver * miniserver * serverless * timeserver

    Antonyms

    * client

    Anagrams

    * * English politically correct terms ----