Envoy vs. Herald

Envoy and Herald Definitions
Envoy
A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.
Herald
A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger.
Envoy
A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
Herald
One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger
The crocus is a herald of spring.
Envoy
A messenger; an agent.
Herald
An official whose specialty is heraldry.
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Envoy
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.
Herald
An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns.
Envoy
The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.
Herald
An official who formerly made proclamations and conveyed challenges at a tournament.
Envoy
(law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
Herald
To proclaim, especially with enthusiasm; announce or acclaim
Cheers that heralded the team's arrival.
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Envoy
A representative.
Special envoy to the United Nations
Herald
To be a sign of; foreshadow
The discovery heralds a new era in drug treatment.
Envoy
A diplomat.
Herald
A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
Envoy
A messenger.
Herald
A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
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Envoy
(poetry) short stanza at end of poem
Herald
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.
Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
Envoy
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.
Herald
(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.
Envoy
An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; - also in the French from, l'envoi.
The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth.
Herald
(advertising) A handbill consisting of an advertisement.
Envoy
A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
Herald
(transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.
Daffodils herald the Spring.
Envoy
Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
Herald
To greet something with excitement; to hail.
The film was heralded by critics.
Envoy
A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
Herald
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.
Herald
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.
Herald
A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
Herald
A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
It was the lark, the herald of the morn.
Herald
Any messenger.
Herald
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
Herald
(formal) a person who announces important news;
The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet
Herald
An indication of the approach of something or someone
Herald
Foreshadow or presage
Herald
Praise vociferously;
The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein
Herald
Greet enthusiastically or joyfully