The difference between Bestand and Serve

When used as verbs, bestand means to stand by or near, whereas serve means to be a formal servant for (a god or deity).

Serve is also noun with the meaning: an act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bestand and Serve

  1. Bestand as a verb (transitive):

    To stand by or near; stand around.

  2. Bestand as a verb (transitive):

    To beset; stand around in hostility; harass.

  3. Bestand as a verb (transitive):

    To surround; encompass.

  4. Bestand as a verb (transitive):

    To serve; be of service to; be ready to serve or aid.

  1. Serve as a noun (sports):

    An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

    Examples:

    "Whose serve is it?"

  2. Serve as a noun (chiefly, Australia):

    A portion of food or drink, a serving.

  1. Serve as a verb (personal):

    To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service. To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.

  2. Serve as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To treat (someone) in a given manner.

  3. Serve as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To be suitor to; to be the lover of.

  4. Serve as a verb (transitive):

    To be useful to; to meet the needs of. To have a given use or purpose; to function something or to do something. To usefully take the place , of something else.

  5. Serve as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.). To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)

    Examples:

    "to serve a witness with a subpoena"

  6. Serve as a verb (transitive, intransitive, sports):

    To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.

  7. Serve as a verb (transitive):

    To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.

  8. Serve as a verb (intransitive):

    To be in military service.

  9. Serve as a verb (transitive, military):

    To work, to operate (a weapon).

  10. Serve as a verb (transitive):

    To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).

  11. Serve as a verb (nautical):

    To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.

  12. Serve as a verb:

    To perform a public obligation.

    Examples:

    "I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial."

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