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Host vs. Steward — What's the Difference?

Host vs. Steward — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Host and Steward

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Host

One who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.

Steward

One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.

Host

A person who manages an inn or hotel.

Steward

One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.

Host

One that furnishes facilities and resources for a function or event
The city chosen as host for the Olympic Games.
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Steward

A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.

Host

The emcee or interviewer on a radio or television program.

Steward

An attendant on a ship or airplane.

Host

An organism on which or in which another organism lives.

Steward

An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.

Host

A cell that has been infected by a virus or other infective agent.

Steward

A shop steward.

Host

(Medicine) The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.

Steward

A wine steward.

Host

A computer or other device providing data or services that a remote computer can access by means of a network or modem.

Steward

To serve as a steward or as the steward of.

Host

A computer that is connected to a TCP/IP network such as the internet.

Steward

A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity

Host

An army.

Steward

(historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.

Host

A great number; a multitude.

Steward

(nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

Host

The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

Steward

A flight attendant, especially male.

Host

To serve as host to or at
"the garden party he had hosted last spring" (Saturday Review).

Steward

A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.

Host

To provide software that offers data or services, hardware, or both over a computer network.

Steward

A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, and/or animals.

Host

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.

Steward

Someone responsible for organizing an event

Host

One that provides a facility for an event.

Steward

A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
A steward in a Methodist church

Host

A person or organization responsible for running an event.
Our company is host of the annual conference this year.

Steward

A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.

Host

A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.

Steward

(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

Host

Any computer attached to a network.

Steward

(Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

Host

(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.

Steward

(information technology) Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.

Host

An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.

Steward

(motor racing) Person responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and whether or not fines/penalties should be issued for such incidents.

Host

A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

Steward

To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)

Host

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

Steward

A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
Worthy to be stewards of rent and land.
They came near to the steward of Joseph's house.
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Host

A large number of items; a large inventory.
The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.

Steward

A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.

Host

(Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.

Steward

A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.

Host

To perform the role of a host.
Our company will host the annual conference this year.
I was terrible at hosting that show.
I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.

Steward

In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.

Host

To lodge at an inn.

Steward

In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.

Host

To run software made available to a remote user or process.
Kremvax hosts a variety of services.

Steward

To manage as a steward.

Host

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

Steward

Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else

Host

An army; a number of men gathered for war.
A host so great as covered all the field.

Steward

The ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements

Host

Any great number or multitude; a throng.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.
All at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils.

Steward

An attendant on an airplane

Host

One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
Time is like a fashionable host,That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

Steward

A union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management

Host

Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.

Steward

One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

Host

To give entertainment to.

Host

To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

Host

A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

Host

A vast multitude

Host

An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

Host

A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

Host

Archaic terms for army

Host

Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event;
Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games

Host

(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

Host

The owner or manager of an inn

Host

A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

Host

(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

Host

Be the host of or for;
We hosted 4 couples last night

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