Difference between Congressman and Representative

What is the difference between Congressman and Representative?

Congressman as a noun is a male member of congress. while Representative as a noun is one who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.

Congressman

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A male member of congress. A male member of the House of Representatives

Example sentence: It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies.

Representative

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.One that is taken as typical of a body of individuals.A member of the US House of Representatives.A designated member of an equivalence class.

Example sentence: The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

We hope you now know whether to use Congressman or Representative in your sentence.

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