Guest vs. Company — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Guest and Company
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Guest
One who is a recipient of hospitality at the home or table of another.
Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals.
Guest
One to whom entertainment or hospitality has been extended by another in the role of host or hostess, as at a party.
Company
A commercial business
A company director
A shipping company
The Ford Motor Company
Guest
One who pays for meals or accommodations at a restaurant, hotel, or other establishment; a patron.
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Company
The fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment
I really enjoy his company
Guest
A distinguished visitor to whom the hospitality of an institution, city, or government is extended.
Company
A number of individuals gathered together
The Mayor addressed the assembled company
Guest
A visiting performer, speaker, or contestant, as on a radio or television program.
Company
A flock of wigeon (ducks)
A company of wigeons occasionally numbers several thousand birds
Guest
(Zoology) A commensal organism, especially an insect that lives in the nest or burrow of another species.
Company
Associate with; keep company with
These men which have companied with us all this time
Guest
To entertain as a guest.
Company
A group of persons
A company of scientists.
Guest
To appear as a guest
Guested on a television series.
Company
One's companions or associates
Moved in fast company.
Is known by the company she keeps.
Guest
Provided for guests
Guest rooms.
Company
A guest or guests
Had company for the weekend.
Guest
Participating as a guest
A guest conductor.
Company
The state of friendly companionship; fellowship
Was grateful for her company.
Friends who finally parted company.
Guest
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
The guests were let in by the butler.
Company
A business enterprise; a firm.
Guest
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
Company
A partner or partners not specifically named in a firm's title
Lee Rogers and Company.
Guest
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.
Company
A troupe of dramatic or musical performers
A repertory company.
Guest
(computing) A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
Company
A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
Guest
(zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
Company
A unit of firefighters.
Guest
(zoology) An inquiline.
Company
A ship's crew and officers. See Usage Note at collective noun.
Guest
(intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
Company
To accompany or associate with.
Guest
(intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
Company
To keep company with someone; associate.
Guest
To receive or entertain hospitably.
Company
A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
Guest
A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.
To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night.
True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Company
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A company of actors.
Guest
A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or boarding house.
Company
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
The boys in Company C
Guest
Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
Company
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
It took six companies to put out the fire.
Guest
To receive or entertain hospitably.
Company
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
Guest
To be, or act the part of, a guest.
And tell me, best of princes, who he wasThat guested here so late.
Company
An intelligence service.
As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
Guest
A visitor to whom hospitality is extended
Company
A small group of birds or animals.
Guest
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
Company
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
Guest
A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
Company
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
Guest
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Company
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
Keep the house clean; I have company coming.
Guest
Staying temporarily;
A visiting foreigner
Guest conductor
Company
(uncountable) Companionship.
I treasure your company.
Company
To accompany, keep company with.
Company
To associate.
Company
To be a lively, cheerful companion.
Company
To have sexual intercourse.
Company
The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
Evil company doth corrupt good manners.
Brethren, farewell: your company alongI will not wish.
Company
A companion or companions.
To thee and thy company I bidA hearty welcome.
Company
An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
Thou shalt meet a company of prophets.
Company
Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
Company
Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company.
Company
An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
Company
Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; - often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
Company
A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
Company
The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
Company
The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.
Company
To accompany or go with; to be companion to.
Company
To associate.
Men which have companied with us all the time.
Company
To be a gay companion.
Company
To have sexual commerce.
Company
An institution created to conduct business;
He only invests in large well-established companies
He started the company in his garage
Company
Organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical);
The traveling company all stayed at the same hotel
Company
The state of being with someone;
He missed their company
He enjoyed the society of his friends
Company
Small military unit; usually two or three platoons
Company
A band of people associated temporarily in some activity;
They organized a party to search for food
The company of cooks walked into the kitchen
Company
A social gathering of guests or companions;
The house was filled with company when I arrived
Company
A social or business visitor;
The room was a mess because he hadn't expected company
Company
A unit of firefighters including their equipment;
A hook-and-ladder company
Company
Crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
Company
Be a companion to somebody
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