Ambassador vs. Emissary: What's the Difference?

A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.

An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.

A diplomatic official heading their country's permanent mission to certain international organizations, such as the United Nations.

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

An authorized messenger or representative.

(anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.

An unofficial representative

An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)

An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.

An official messenger and representative.

Exploring; spying.

A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.

Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

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

An official messenger and representative.

A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

An informal representative;