Janitor vs Sexton - What's the difference?

janitor | sexton |


As nouns the difference between janitor and sexton

is that janitor is someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building while sexton is a church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.

As a proper noun Sexton is

{{surname|A=An occupational|from=occupations}.

janitor

English

(wikipedia janitor)

Noun

  • (en noun) (female:'' janitress''' or '''janitrix (''rare ))
  • (chiefly, US) someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
  • a doorman

    • Synonyms

    * maintenance person * (mostly British ) caretaker * cleaner * (British) concierge * custodian * (One who cleans and maintains a garden) groundskeeper * curator * porter

    sexton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.

    • Synonyms

    * sacristan