Clerk vs Representative - What's the difference?
clerk | representative |
One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks , however, understood him very well.
A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
(lb) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk ).
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*:God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk ? Well then, amen.
To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
One that is taken as typical of its class.
(US, politics) A member of the .
Company agent who visits potential purchasers, salesman.
As nouns the difference between clerk and representative
is that clerk is one who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker while representative is one who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.As a verb clerk
is to act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.As an adjective representative is
typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.clerk
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.
Noun
(en noun)- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.