The difference between Personnel and Staff

When used as nouns, personnel means employees, whereas staff means a long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.


Staff is also verb with the meaning: to supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

check bellow for the other definitions of Personnel and Staff

  1. Personnel as a noun:

    Employees; office staff.

  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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