Guess vs. Guest
Difference Between Guess and Guest
Guessverb
To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
Guestnoun
A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
The guests were let in by the butler.Guessverb
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.Guestnoun
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.Guessverb
to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.Guestnoun
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.Guessverb
(colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
"I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right.""I guess I'll go to bed."Guestnoun
(computing) A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
Guessverb
(obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
Guestnoun
(zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
Guessnoun
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
If you don't know the answer, take a guess.Guestnoun
(zoology) An inquiline.
Guessnoun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Guestverb
(intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
Guessnoun
an estimate based on little or no information
Guestverb
(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)
Guessverb
expect, believe, or suppose;
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novelI thought to find her in a bad statehe didn't think to find her in the kitchenI guess she is angry at me for standing her upGuestverb
To receive or entertain hospitably.
Guessverb
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;
I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise againI cannot pretend to say that you are wrongGuestnoun
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
Guessverb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);
I estimate this chicken to weigh three poundsGuestnoun
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
Guessverb
guess correctly; solve by guessing;
He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prizeGuestnoun
a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
Guestnoun
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Guestadjective
staying temporarily;
a visiting foreignerguest conductor
