hospital attendant vs attendant

attendant vs hospital attendant

hospital attendant and attendant both are nouns.

hospital attendant is not an adjective while attendant is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hospital attendant	Yes	No	No	No
attendant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, attendant is a hypernym of hospital attendant; that is, attendant is a word with a broader meaning than hospital attendant:

hospital attendant: a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
attendant: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

Other hypernyms of hospital attendant include attender, tender.

hospital attendant (noun)	attendant (noun)
a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients	an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
	someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
	a person who is present and participates in a meeting

hospital attendant (adjective)	attendant (adjective)
	being present (at a meeting or event, etc.)
	occurring with or following as a consequence

Difference between hospital attendant and attendant

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