Not really. An ambassador is the head of an embassy while consuls are heads of consulates. A country have one embassy per foreign country but it can have multip

Not really. An ambassador is the head of an embassy while consuls are heads of consulates. A country have one embassy per foreign country but it can have multiple consulates. The Ambassador may have the responsibility traditionally held by a consul on top of being the main representative of their country but sometimes in large country an embassy will itself contain a consulate leading to a situation close to the one you describe. A consul is still a representative and will be expected to interact with the politicians and business representatives of the generally smaller cities they live in. Sometimes countries close embassies but maintain consulates in period of diplomatic trouble and you end up with consuls being de facto ambassadors.