committee vs vestry

vestry vs committee

committee and vestry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
committee	Yes	No	No	No
vestry	Yes	No	No	No

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

committee: a special group delegated to consider some matter
vestry: in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church

Other hyponyms of committee include Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission, blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee, board, election commission, fairness commission, planning commission, conservancy, select committee, subcommittee, standing committee, steering committee, ethics committee, ethics panel, finance committee, politburo, PAC, political action committee, praesidium, presidium, zoning commission, jury, panel, national committee.

committee (noun)	vestry (noun)
a special group delegated to consider some matter	a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
a self-constituted organization to promote something	in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church

Difference between committee and vestry

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