Colleague vs. Assistant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Colleague and Assistant
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Colleague
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate.
Assistant
One that assists; a helper.
Colleague
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Assistant
Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate.
Colleague
To unite or associate with another or with others.
Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)
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Assistant
Giving aid; auxiliary.
Colleague
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
Assistant
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
An assistant surgeon
Colleague
To unite or associate with another or with others.
Assistant
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Colleague
An associate you work with
Assistant
(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
Colleague
A person who is member of your class or profession;
The surgeon consulted his colleagues
He sent e-mail to his fellow hackers
Assistant
A person who assists or helps someone else.
Assistant
(British) Sales assistant.
Assistant
A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
Assistant
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
Assistant
Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
Assistant
One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
Four assistants who his labor share.
Rhymes merely as assistants to memory.
Assistant
An attendant; one who is present.
Assistant
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
My invaluable assistant
They hired additional help to finish the work
Assistant
Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
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