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Manager vs Secretary - What's the difference?

manager | secretary |

As nouns the difference between manager and secretary

is that manager is a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team while secretary is someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.

As a verb secretary is

to serve as a secretary of.

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

    secretary

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia secretary) (secretaries)
  • (obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
  • (senseid)A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
  • (senseid)(often, capitalized) The head of a department of government.
  • (senseid)A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
  • Ban Ki-Moon is the current secretary general of the United Nations.
  • (senseid)(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
  • (senseid)A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius .
  • Derived terms

    * secretary bird * secretary desk

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To serve as a secretary of.