The difference between Serve and Service
When used as nouns, serve means an act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games, whereas service means an act of being of assistance to someone.
When used as verbs, serve means to be a formal servant for (a god or deity), whereas service means to serve.
check bellow for the other definitions of Serve and Service
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Serve as a noun (sports):
An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
Examples:
"Whose serve is it?"
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Serve as a noun (chiefly, Australia):
A portion of food or drink, a serving.
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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.
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Serve as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To treat (someone) in a given manner.
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Serve as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
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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.
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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"
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Serve as a verb (transitive, intransitive, sports):
To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
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Serve as a verb (transitive):
To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
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Serve as a verb (intransitive):
To be in military service.
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Serve as a verb (transitive, military):
To work, to operate (a weapon).
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Serve as a verb (transitive):
To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
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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.
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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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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."
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Service as a noun (economics):
The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
Examples:
"Hair care is a service industry."
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Service as a noun:
A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
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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."
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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."
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Service as a noun:
The military.
Examples:
"I did three years in the service before coming here."
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Service as a noun:
A set of dishes or utensils.
Examples:
"She brought out the silver tea service."
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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."
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Service as a noun:
A religious rite or ritual.
Examples:
"The funeral service was touching."
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Service as a noun (legal):
The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
Examples:
"The service happened yesterday."
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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.
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Service as a noun:
A musical composition for use in churches.
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Service as a noun (obsolete):
Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
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Service as a noun (nautical):
The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
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Service as a verb (transitive):
To serve.
Examples:
"They service the customer base."
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Service as a verb (transitive):
To perform maintenance.
Examples:
"He is going to service the car."
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Service as a verb (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic):
To inseminate through sexual intercourse
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Service as a verb (transitive, vulgar):
To perform a sexual act.
Examples:
"He was going to service her."
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Service as a noun:
service tree