Representative vs Manager - What's the difference?
representative | manager |
Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
One that is taken as typical of its class.
(US, politics) A member of the .
Company agent who visits potential purchasers, salesman.
(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:
(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.
As nouns the difference between representative and manager
is that representative is one who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation while manager is a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.As an adjective representative
is typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.representative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.
Noun
(en noun)- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.
Synonyms
* rep * See alsomanager
English
(Management)Noun
(en noun)- And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
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