Caretaker vs Manager - What's the difference?
caretaker | manager |
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair.
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.
Temporary, on a short term basis.
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
(baseball) The head coach.
(music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (rfex)
(computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the software.
As nouns the difference between caretaker and manager
is that caretaker is someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair while manager is a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.As an adjective caretaker
is temporary, on a short term basis.caretaker
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.
manager
English
(Management)Noun
(en noun)- And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
- a file manager'''; a task '''manager'''; Program '''Manager
