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Specialist vs Clerk - What's the difference?

specialist | clerk |

As nouns the difference between specialist and clerk

is that specialist is someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research while clerk is one who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

As an adjective specialist

is specialised.

As a verb clerk is

to act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.

specialist

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British) Specialised.
  • Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia specialist)
  • Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
  • (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
  • (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
  • Synonyms

    * (Someone who is an expert or devoted to a particular area of study) aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur

    Antonyms

    * generalist

    Hypernyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * specialistic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    clerk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
  • *
  • *: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 ).
  • *1595 , (William Shakespeare), ,
  • *:God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk ? Well then, amen.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
  • The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.