The difference between Office and Surgery

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 surgery means a procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

Office is also verb with the meaning: to provide (someone) with an office.

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  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. Surgery as a noun (medicine):

    A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

    Examples:

    "Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading."

  2. Surgery as a noun (medicine):

    The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

  3. Surgery as a noun:

    A room or department where surgery is performed.

  4. Surgery as a noun (British):

    A doctor's office.

    Examples:

    "I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids."

  5. Surgery as a noun (British):

    Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.

    Examples:

    "Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday."

  6. Surgery as a noun (finance, bankruptcy, slang):

    A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".

  7. Surgery as a noun (topology):

    The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

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