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Porter vs Butler - What's the difference?

porter | butler |

As nouns the difference between porter and butler

is that porter is a person who carries luggage and related objects while butler is a manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

As verbs the difference between porter and butler

is that porter is to serve as a porter, to carry while butler is to buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

As proper nouns the difference between porter and butler

is that porter is {{surname} while Butler is {{surname|A=An English and Irish occupational surname for someone who was a butler or wine servant|from=Middle English}.

porter

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) portour, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who carries luggage and related objects.
  • By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) portour, from (etyl) portier, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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).
  • Coordinate terms
    * beer, stout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to serve as a porter, to carry.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    butler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
  • The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.
  • * 1929 , Baldwyn Dyke Acland, Filibuster , Chapter 2
  • *:“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler' and three to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"
  • A valet, a male personal attendant.
  • Derived terms

    * buttle (backformation)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
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