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Mayor vs Politician - What's the difference?

mayor | politician |

As a proper noun mayor

is .

As a noun politician is

one engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

mayor

English

Alternative forms

* mayour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
  • * 2003 , Mary Ruwart, Healing our world in an age of aggression - Page 374
    • The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!
  • * 2011 , Michael Ryan, The Heart's Location, p 32
    • To assist him in his task Paul was joined by Ron Adams, who had been a three-term Libertarian mayor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • By restriction, a male municipal leader
  • (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * mayoress (female mayors only) * provost (Scotland)

    Hyponyms

    (municipal principal leader) * mayor , lord mayor (male mayor) * mayoress , lady mayor (female mayor)

    Derived terms

    * mayoress (female mayor) * lord mayor * lady mayor

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    politician

    English

    Alternative forms

    * polititian (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-31, volume=408, issue=8851, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The Satirical Verses , passage=It is not just politicians who find aspects of the explosion in satire unwelcome. Thanks to the internet, professional purveyors of the stuff face a lot more competition. For once, the joke is at their expense. A niche craft practised by a talented few has turned into a globally popular hobby, and what was once considered audacious commentary is now mainstream.}}
  • Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career.
  • * {{quote-book, 1996, (Tom Clancy), page=438, isbn=0399142185, title= Executive Orders
    • , passage=I never wanted to be one, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm not a politician now. Am I the best man for this job? Probably not. I am, however, the President of the United States,
  • A politically active or interested person.
  • * {{quote-book, 1863, chapter=The Fountain Kloof, , page=211, title= The Sunday at Home
    • , passage=You used to be such a politician . Do you remember the debates we held in Fitzroy's rooms?}}
  • A sly or ingratiating person.
  • * {{quote-book, 1969, David E. Sanford, title= My Village, My World, page=90
    • , passage=Mrs. Dimitriou blushed at the compliment. "Antonios, you are such a politician ," her husband chuckled. }}