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ostiary vs commissionaire

commissionaire vs ostiary

ostiary and commissionaire both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ostiary Yes No No No
commissionaire Yes No No No
As nouns, commissionaire is a hyponym of ostiary; that is, commissionaire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ostiary:
  • ostiary: someone who guards an entrance
  • commissionaire: a uniformed doorman
Other hyponyms of ostiary include night porter, ticket collector, ticket taker.
ostiary (noun) commissionaire (noun)
someone who guards an entrance a uniformed doorman
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Difference between ostiary and commissionaire

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