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Welcome vs Sister - What's the difference?

welcome | sister |

As nouns the difference between welcome and sister

is that welcome is the act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "welcome!"; reception while sister is title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.

As an interjection welcome

is .

As a verb welcome

is to affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "welcome!".

As an adjective welcome

is whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

welcome

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Verb

    (welcom)
  • To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
  • To accept something willingly or gladly.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
  • :
  • *(William Cowper) (1731-1800)
  • *:When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
  • Producing gladness.
  • :
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome , kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. 
  • Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
  • The utterance of such a greeting.
  • Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
  • We entered the house and found a ready welcome .
  • * Shenstone
  • his warmest welcome at an inn
  • * South
  • Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.

    Derived terms

    * wear out one's welcome * welcome wagon * you're welcome 1000 English basic words

    sister

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
  • My sister is always driving me crazy.
  • A female member of a religious community; a nun.
  • Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
  • (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
  • Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
  • Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister .
  • * 1985 , (Eurythmics) and (Aretha Franklin), Who’s Zoomin' Who? :
  • [song title] Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
  • (slang) A black woman.
  • (informal) A form of address to a woman.
  • * What’s up, sister ?
  • A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
  • * Thank you, sister'''. I would like to thank the '''sister who just spoke.
  • (attributively) Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
  • sister''' publication, '''''sister''' city'', '''''sister projects
  • (usually, attributively) In the same class.
  • sister''' ships'', '''''sister facility

    Synonyms

    * (woman or girl with the same parents) (slang) sis * (member of religious community) nun, sistren * (supervisory nurse) charge nurse * darling, dear, love, (US) lady, miss, (northern UK) pet * affiliate, affiliated

    Antonyms

    * (with regards to gender) brother

    Hypernyms

    * (daughter of common parents) sibling

    Derived terms

    * big sister * half-sister * kid sister * little sister * sis * sissy * sister city * sisterhood * sister-in-law * sisterly * sister ship * stepsister * weak sister

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
  • I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
  • (obsolete) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
  • (Shakespeare)

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