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Manager vs Clerk - What's the difference?

manager | clerk |

As nouns the difference between manager and clerk

is that manager is a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team while clerk is one who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

As a verb clerk is

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

manager

English

(Management)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
  • (baseball) The head coach.
  • (music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (rfex)
  • (computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the software.
    • a file manager'''; a task '''manager'''; Program '''Manager

    Synonyms

    * (person who manages) administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor

    Derived terms

    * line manager * middle manager * player-manager

    Related terms

    * manage * management * manageress * managerial

    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.

    • Related terms

    * clergy * clergyman * cleric * clerical

    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.

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