Guest vs. Visitor
Difference Between Guest and Visitor
Guestnoun
A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
The guests were let in by the butler.Visitornoun
Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
Guestnoun
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.Visitornoun
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
Guestnoun
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.Visitornoun
Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.
Guestnoun
(computing) A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
Visitornoun
A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.
Guestnoun
(zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
Visitornoun
(ufology) An extraterrestrial being on Earth for any reason.
Guestnoun
(zoology) An inquiline.
Visitornoun
An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.
Guestverb
(intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
Visitornoun
(British) A head or overseer of an institution such as a college (in which case, equivalent to the university's chancellor) or cathedral or hospital, who resolves disputes, gives ceremonial speeches, etc.
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)
Visitornoun
someone who visits
Guestverb
To receive or entertain hospitably.
Guestnoun
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
Guestnoun
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
Guestnoun
a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
Guestnoun
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Guestadjective
staying temporarily;
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