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Ambassador vs. Representative — What's the Difference?

Ambassador vs. Representative — What's the Difference?

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Ambassador

An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also often used more liberally for persons who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities and fields of endeavor such as sales.

Representative

One that serves as an example or type for others of the same classification.

Ambassador

An accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country
The French ambassador to Portugal

Representative

One that serves as a delegate or agent for another.

Ambassador

A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.
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Representative

A member of a governmental body, usually legislative, chosen by popular vote.

Ambassador

A diplomatic official heading their country's permanent mission to certain international organizations, such as the United Nations.

Representative

A member of the US House of Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.

Ambassador

An authorized messenger or representative.

Representative

Representing, depicting, or portraying or able to do so.

Ambassador

An unofficial representative
Ambassadors of goodwill.

Representative

Authorized to act as an official delegate or agent.

Ambassador

A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)

Representative

Of or characteristic of government by representation.

Ambassador

An official messenger and representative.

Representative

Like or typical of others of the same class.

Ambassador

A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
As front hall porter, you are an ambassador for the hotel.

Representative

Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

Ambassador

A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

Representative

Representing, showing a likeness.
Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
The representative faculty of the human imagination

Ambassador

An official messenger and representative.

Representative

A delegate.

Ambassador

A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

Representative

Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.

Ambassador

An informal representative;
An ambassador of good will

Representative

One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.

Representative

(legal) An heir.

Representative

Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
All representatives face re-election every two years.

Representative

A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.

Representative

Something standing for something else.

Representative

Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.

Representative

A member of a particular class.

Representative

A substitute or analogue.

Representative

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

Representative

Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.

Representative

Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

Representative

Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.

Representative

Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

Representative

One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity.
Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures.

Representative

An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

Representative

One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

Representative

A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.

Representative

That which presents the full character of the type of a group.

Representative

A person who represents others

Representative

An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
The meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government

Representative

A member of the United States House of Representatives

Representative

An item of information that is representative of a type;
This patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
There is an example on page 10

Representative

Serving to represent or typify;
Representative moviegoers
A representative modern play

Representative

Standing for something else;
The bald eagle is representative of the United States

Representative

Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives;
Representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people

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