Envoy vs. Herald — What's the Difference?

A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.

A herald, or a herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is commonly applied more broadly to all officers of arms.

A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.

A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger.

A messenger; an agent.

One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger

A short closing stanza in certain verse forms, such as the ballade or sestina, dedicating the poem to a patron or summarizing its main ideas.

An official whose specialty is heraldry.

The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.

An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns.

(law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

An official who formerly made proclamations and conveyed challenges at a tournament.

A representative.

To proclaim, especially with enthusiasm; announce or acclaim

A diplomat.

To be a sign of; foreshadow

A messenger.

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

(poetry) short stanza at end of poem

A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.

An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; - also in the French from, l'envoi.

(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.

A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

(advertising) A handbill consisting of an advertisement.

Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

(transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.

A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry

To greet something with excitement; to hail.

An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.

A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.

Any messenger.

To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

(formal) a person who announces important news;

An indication of the approach of something or someone

Foreshadow or presage

Praise vociferously;

Greet enthusiastically or joyfully