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Secretary vs Clerk - What's the difference?

secretary | clerk |

As nouns the difference between secretary and clerk

is that secretary is someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant while clerk is one who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

As verbs the difference between secretary and clerk

is that secretary is to serve as a secretary of while clerk is to act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.

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

    Related terms

    * secret * secretion * secretive * secretory

    Verb

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

    • Quotations

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    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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