As nouns the difference between jailer and jailkeeper
is that jailer is one who enforces confinement in a jail or prison while jailkeeper is one who keeps a jail; a jailer.
jailer
English
Alternative forms
* jailor
* gaoler (obsolete)
* gaolor
Noun
(
en noun)
One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
Synonyms
* corrections officer
* guard
* warden
* warder
jailkeeper
English
Noun
(
en noun)
One who keeps a jail; a jailer.
Alternative forms
* gaolkeeper