Porter vs Janitor - What's the difference?
porter | janitor | Synonyms |
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
In the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
(Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
(computing) One who ports software (converts it to another platform).
(en noun) (female:'' janitress''' or '''janitrix (''rare ))
(chiefly, US) someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
a doorman
Janitor is a synonym of porter.
As nouns the difference between porter and janitor
is that porter is a person who carries luggage and related objects while janitor is someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.As a verb porter
is to serve as a porter, to carry.As a proper noun Porter
is {{surname}.porter
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) portour, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.