The difference between Crew and Staff

When used as nouns, crew means any company of people, whereas staff means a long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

When used as verbs, crew means to be a member of a vessel's crew, whereas staff means to supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

check bellow for the other definitions of Crew and Staff

  1. Crew as a noun (obsolete):

    A group of people together Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng. A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft. A group of people working together on a task. The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast. A close group of friends. A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker. A group of Rovers. A hip-hop group A rowing team manning a single shell.

    Examples:

    "If you need help, please contact a member of the crew."

    "The crews of the two ships got into a fight."

    "The crews competed to cut the most timber."

    "There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!"

    "The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night."

    "I'd look out for that whole crew down at Jack's."

  2. Crew as a noun (plural: crew):

    A person in a crew A member of the crew of a vessel or plant. A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast. A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.

    Examples:

    "One crew died in the accident."

    "There were three actors and six crew on the set."

    "The officers and crew assembled on the deck."

    "There are quarters for three officers and five crew."

  3. Crew as a noun (sports, rowing, US, uncountable):

    The sport of competitive rowing.

  1. Crew as a verb (transitive, _, and, _, intransitive):

    To be a member of a vessel's crew

    Examples:

    "We crewed together on a fishing boat last year."

    "The ship was crewed by fifty sailors."

  2. Crew as a verb:

    To be a member of a work or production crew

    Examples:

    "The film was crewed and directed by students."

  3. Crew as a verb:

    To supply workers or sailors for a crew

  4. Crew as a verb (nautical):

    To do the proper work of a sailor

    Examples:

    "The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient."

  5. Crew as a verb (nautical):

    To take on, recruit (new) crew

  1. Crew as a verb (British, archaic):

    To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster.

    Examples:

    "It was still dark when the cock crew."

  1. Crew as a noun (British, dialectal):

    A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

  1. Crew as a noun:

    The Manx shearwater.

  1. Staff as a noun (plural [[staffs]] or [[staves]]):

    A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

  2. Staff as a noun (music, plural [[staves]]):

    A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.

  3. Staff as a noun (plural staff or staffs):

    The employees of a business.

    Examples:

    "The company employed 10 new members of staff this month."

  4. Staff as a noun (uncountable):

    A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W

  5. Staff as a noun:

    A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.

    Examples:

    "a constable's staff'"

  6. Staff as a noun:

    A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

  7. Staff as a noun (archaic):

    The rung of a ladder.

  8. Staff as a noun:

    A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

  9. Staff as a noun (engineering):

    An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

  10. Staff as a noun (surgery):

    The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

  11. Staff as a noun (military):

    An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.

  1. Staff as a verb (transitive):

    To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

  1. Staff as a noun:

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