Address and Call are different in this case?

[pBaL]

Please do not address me as Andrey

Please do not call me (as) Andrey


Are the "Address" and "Call" different? i am still in a dark.

[ProfessorVerb]

Please do not address me as Andrey

Please do not call me (as) Andrey


Are the "Address" and "Call" different? i am still in a dark.

These two words are very close in meaning in this usage; however, "address" implies a spoken reference, such as when two (or more) people are talking with (or to) each other. By (slight) contrast, "call" could be either spoken or written. You would "address" someone by speaking to them, then, and you could "call" someone something without being in personal contact with him or her.

"Professor Verb addressed his audience by beginning his speech with a bad joke."

"John addressed Mary by saying 'Good morning.'"

"Bill can call me a bum if he wants to, as long as he calls me in time for dinner."

"I called Professor Verb a troglodyte (http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?bo ... troglodyte) and he was forced to agree with me."

[MissLT]

Isn't address more formal than call? I hardly hear anyone say, don't address me as... blah.. blah... blah... in daily life. :?

[ProfessorVerb]

I haven't addressed anyone in years...