Lobby vs. Solicit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lobby and Solicit
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Lobby
A hall, foyer, or waiting room at or near the entrance to a building, such as a hotel or theater.
Solicit
To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application
A candidate who solicited votes among the factory workers.
Lobby
A public room next to the assembly chamber of a legislative body.
Solicit
To petition persistently; importune
Solicited the neighbors for donations.
Lobby
A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause
The banking lobby.
The labor lobby.
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Solicit
To commit the criminal offense of enticing or inciting (another) to commit an illegal act.
Lobby
To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause
Lobbying for stronger environmental safeguards.
Lobbied against the proliferation of nuclear arms.
Solicit
To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.
Lobby
To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed legislation, for example)
Lobbied the bill through Congress.
Lobbied the bill to a negative vote.
Solicit
To make solicitation or petition for something desired.
Lobby
To try to influence (an official) to take a desired action.
Solicit
To approach or accost someone with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.
Lobby
An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
Solicit
To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
To solicit alms, or a favour
Lobby
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
Solicit
To woo; to court.
Lobby
(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
Solicit
To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.
Lobby
(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
Solicit
To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.
Lobby
(nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
Solicit
To make a petition.
Lobby
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
Solicit
(archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
Lobby
A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
Solicit
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
Lobby
(when preceded by "elevator") A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
Solicit
To disturb; to disquiet.
Lobby
(West Midlands) lobscouse
My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
Solicit
(archaic) solicitation
Lobby
To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
Solicit
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
Did I solicit theeFrom darkness to promote me?
Lobby
A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
Solicit
To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
I view my crime, but kindle at the view,Repent old pleasures, and solicit new.
Lobby
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators;
Solicit
To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.
Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.
Lobby
An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
Solicit
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
ShouldMy brother henceforth study to forgetThe vow that he hath made thee, I would everSolicit thy deserts.
Lobby
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
Solicit
To disturb; to disquiet; - a Latinism rarely used.
Hath any ill solicited thine ears?
But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.
Lobby
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance.
Solicit
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
Lobby
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; - also used with the legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection.
Solicit
Make amorous advances towards;
John is courting Mary
Lobby
A large entrance or reception room or area
Solicit
Approach with an offer of sexual favors;
He was solicited by a prostitute
The young man was caught soliciting in the park
Lobby
A group of people who try actively to influence legislation
Solicit
Incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination;
He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
Lobby
Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Solicit
Make a solicitation or petition for something desired;
She is too shy to solicit
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