assistant vs attender

attender vs assistant

assistant and attender both are nouns.

assistant is an adjective but attender is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assistant	Yes	Yes	No	No
attender	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attender is a hyponym of assistant; that is, attender is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assistant:

assistant: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
attender: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

Other hyponyms of assistant include coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary, attendant, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy, lieutenant, actor's assistant, dresser, event planner, facilitator, flower girl, girl Friday, enforcer, hatchet man, cat's-paw, instrument, pawn, birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, underboss, fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, model, poser, paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in, boy Friday.

assistant (noun)	attender (noun)
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose	someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
	a person who is present and participates in a meeting
	someone who listens attentively

assistant (adjective)	attender (adjective)
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Difference between assistant and attender

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