Wallet vs. Valet

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Main Difference

The main difference between Wallet and Valet is that the Wallet is a small, flat case that is used to carry personal items such as cash and Valet is a male domestic workers and personal attendants to their employer.

  • Wallet

    A wallet is a small, flat case that can be used to carry such personal items as cash, credit cards, and identification documents (driver’s license, identification card, club card, etc.), photographs, transit pass, gift cards, business cards and other paper or laminated cards. Wallets are generally made of leather or fabrics, and they are usually pocket-sized but not always foldable.

  • Valet

    A valet (or varlet) is a male servant who serves as personal attendant to his employer. In the Middle Ages and Ancien Régime, valet de chambre was a role for junior courtiers and specialists such as artists in a royal court, but the term “valet” by itself most often refers to a normal servant responsible for the clothes and personal belongings of an employer, and making minor arrangements.

    In the United States, the term most often refers to a parking valet.

Wikipedia
  • Wallet (noun)

    A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

    “The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man’s wallet.”

  • Wallet (noun)

    A person’s bank account or assets.

    “It’s unknown if the pro running back’s recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.”

  • Wallet (noun)

    A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.

    “I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.”

  • Wallet (noun)

    A bag or pouch.

    “He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.”

  • Wallet (noun)

    A person’s buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one’s wallet).

    “He fell down and landed on his wallet.”

  • Valet (noun)

    A man’s personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.

  • Valet (noun)

    A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.

  • Valet (noun)

    (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.

  • Valet (noun)

    A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.

  • Valet (noun)

    A person employed to clean or park cars.

  • Valet (noun)

    A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.

  • Valet (noun)

    A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.

  • Valet (noun)

    A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.

  • Valet (verb)

    To serve (someone) as a valet.

  • Valet (verb)

    To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.

  • Valet (verb)

    To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.

Wiktionary
  • Valet (noun)

    a man’s personal male attendant, who is responsible for his clothes and appearance.

  • Valet (noun)

    a hotel employee who attends to the clothes of guests

    “a valet service”

  • Valet (noun)

    a person employed to clean or park cars

    “he handed his keys to the parking valet”

    “valet parking”

  • Valet (verb)

    act as a valet to (a particular man)

    “one evening when I was valeting him, Mr Charles told me he had met my father”

  • Valet (verb)

    work as a valet.

  • Valet (verb)

    clean (a car), especially on the inside

    “try not to spill anything on the seat—I just had the thing valeted”

Oxford Dictionary

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