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correspondent vs foreign correspondent

foreign correspondent vs correspondent

correspondent and foreign correspondent both are nouns.

correspondent is an adjective but foreign correspondent is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
correspondent Yes Yes No No
foreign correspondent Yes No No No
As nouns, foreign correspondent is a hyponym of correspondent; that is, foreign correspondent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than correspondent:
  • correspondent: a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
  • foreign correspondent: a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast
Other hyponyms of correspondent include war correspondent, newspaperwoman, newspaperman, pressman.
correspondent (noun) foreign correspondent (noun)
someone who communicates by means of letters a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
correspondent (adjective) foreign correspondent (adjective)
similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
Difference between correspondent and foreign correspondent

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