Is staff the same as employees?

Employee (also employe) , noun: One who is employed by another (AHD) :thefreedictionary.com/employe. @FumbleFingers I don’t know if you would consider dictionary.com to be credible, but dictionary.reference.com/browse/employe is a thing, as is en.wiktionary.org/wiki/employe.

: a person who is paid to work for another . employee . noun. em·​ploy·​ee. variants: also employe.

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In general they can be used interchangeably, but they do have different subtleties . Employee is a bit more formal and it emphasizes that the person doing the work is getting paid. In contrast, staff is a bit more general and simply implies that a person is a member of a group carrying out work.