Assistant vs. Deputy

Assistantadjective

Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

Assistantadjective

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

Assistantnoun

(obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.

Assistantnoun

A person who assists or helps someone else.

Assistantnoun

(British) Sales assistant.

Assistantnoun

A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

Assistantadjective

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

Assistantadjective

Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.

Assistantnoun

One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.

Assistantnoun

An attendant; one who is present.

Assistantnoun

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

Assistantadjective

of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Deputynoun

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office

Deputynoun

A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.

Deputynoun

(France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif

Deputynoun

(Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)

Deputyverb

to deputise

Deputynoun

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.

Deputynoun

A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Deputynoun

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

Deputynoun

an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

Deputynoun

a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

Deputynoun

a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others