The difference between Office and Service

When used as nouns, office means a ceremonial duty or service, particularly: the authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. mass, the introit sung at its beginning. any special liturgy, as the office for the dead or of the virgin. a daily service without the eucharist. the daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service. last rites, whereas service means an act of being of assistance to someone.

When used as verbs, office means to provide (someone) with an office, whereas service means to serve.

check bellow for the other definitions of Office and Service

  1. Office as a noun:

    A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. Mass, the introit sung at its beginning. Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin. A daily service without the eucharist. The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service. Last rites.

    Examples:

    "In the [[Latin rite]], all bishops, priests, and [[transitional deacon]]s are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily."

  2. Office as a noun:

    A position of responsibility.

    Examples:

    "When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department."

  3. Office as a noun:

    Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.

    Examples:

    "She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office."

  4. Office as a noun:

    An official or group of officials; a personification of officeholders.

  5. Office as a noun:

    A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; moral duty.

  6. Office as a noun:

    The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.

  7. Office as a noun:

    Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.

  8. Office as a noun:

    A bodily function, urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.

  9. Office as a noun:

    A service, a kindness.

    Examples:

    "The secretary prevailed at the negotiations through the [[good offices good offices]] of the [[Freedonia]]n ambassador."

  10. Office as a noun:

    Inside information.

  11. Office as a noun:

    A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly: A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping. A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public. A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.

    Examples:

    "The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant."

  12. Office as a noun:

    The staff of such places.

    Examples:

    "The whole office was there... well, except you, of course."

  13. Office as a noun:

    The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly: A ministry or other department of government. Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy. A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.

    Examples:

    "He's from our public relations office."

    "The secretary of state's British colleague heads the Foreign and Commonwealth Office."

    "He worked as the receptionist at the Akron office."

  14. Office as a noun (now in the plural, dated):

    The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.

  15. Office as a noun:

    an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.

  16. Office as a noun:

    A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.

  17. Office as a noun:

    A hangout: a place where one is normally found.

  18. Office as a noun:

    A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.

  19. Office as a noun:

    A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.

  1. Office as a verb:

    To provide (someone) with an office.

  2. Office as a verb (intransitive):

    To have an office.

  1. Service as a noun:

    An act of being of assistance to someone.

    Examples:

    "I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career."

  2. Service as a noun (economics):

    The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

    Examples:

    "Hair care is a service industry."

  3. Service as a noun:

    A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.

  4. Service as a noun (computing):

    A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

    Examples:

    "This machine provides the name service for the LAN."

  5. Service as a noun:

    The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

    Examples:

    "Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur."

  6. Service as a noun:

    The military.

    Examples:

    "I did three years in the service before coming here."

  7. Service as a noun:

    A set of dishes or utensils.

    Examples:

    "She brought out the silver tea service."

  8. Service as a noun (sports):

    The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

    Examples:

    "The player had four service faults in the set."

  9. Service as a noun:

    A religious rite or ritual.

    Examples:

    "The funeral service was touching."

  10. Service as a noun (legal):

    The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

    Examples:

    "The service happened yesterday."

  11. Service as a noun (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria):

    A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

  12. Service as a noun:

    A musical composition for use in churches.

  13. Service as a noun (obsolete):

    Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

  14. Service as a noun (nautical):

    The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

  1. Service as a verb (transitive):

    To serve.

    Examples:

    "They service the customer base."

  2. Service as a verb (transitive):

    To perform maintenance.

    Examples:

    "He is going to service the car."

  3. Service as a verb (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic):

    To inseminate through sexual intercourse

  4. Service as a verb (transitive, vulgar):

    To perform a sexual act.

    Examples:

    "He was going to service her."

  1. Service as a noun:

    service tree

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