As nouns the difference between bishop and deacon
is that
bishop is an overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory while
deacon is a designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
As verbs the difference between bishop and deacon
is that
bishop is to act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church while
deacon is for a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
As a proper noun Bishop
is {{surname|from=common nouns}.