The difference between Serve and Wait on
When used as verbs, serve means to be a formal servant for (a god or deity), whereas wait on means to wait for an event.
Serve is also noun with the meaning: an act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
check bellow for the other definitions of Serve and Wait on
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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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Wait on as a verb (North America, colloquial):
To wait for an event.
Examples:
"I'm waiting on the light to change."
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Wait on as a verb:
To wait for a person to do something.
Examples:
"I'm waiting on you before we can leave."
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Wait on as a verb:
To serve someone; to be a waiter or waitress for a table in a restaurant.
Examples:
"Is someone waiting on you yet?"
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Wait on as a verb (archaic):
To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony.
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Wait on as a verb (archaic):
To follow, as a consequence; to await.
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Wait on as a verb (archaic):
To attend to; to perform.
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Wait on as a verb (falconry, of a hawk):
To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.