different between columnist vs correspondent

English

Etymology

From column +? -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *k?el-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?.m?st/, /?k?.l?m.n?st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?m.n?st/, /?k?.l?.m?st/

Noun

columnist (plural columnists)

1. A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper

Translations

See also

• column
• fifth columnist

English

Etymology

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspond?ns, present participle of corresponde?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k????sp?nd?nt/

Adjective

correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)

1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
2. (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

     ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

Translations

Noun

correspondent (plural correspondents)

1. Someone who or something which corresponds.
2. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
3. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Hyponyms

• stringer

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• corespondent
• Correspondent in Wikipedia

References

• correspondent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• korrespondent (before 1996)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French correspondant, correspondent, from Latin correspondens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.r?s.p?n?d?nt/, /?k?.r?.sp?n?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: cor?res?pon?dent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n, feminine correspondente)

1. A correspondent, in particular a reporter.

Related terms

• correspondentie
• corresponderen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??s.p??d/

Verb

correspondent

1. third-person plural present indicative of correspondre
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of correspondre

Latin

Verb

correspondent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of corresponde?

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)

1. (Jersey) correspondent