Steward vs Caterer - What's the difference?
steward | caterer | Synonyms |
A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards , carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
A flight attendant, especially but not exclusively'' a male flight attendant. ''Often as "air steward", "airline steward", etc.
A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
A person who has charge of buildings and/or grounds and/or animals.
A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
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In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
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In information technology, somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 1, author=Richard G. Jones, title=An Acting Governor’s Balancing Act: Taking the Lead Without Stepping on Toes, work=New York Times
, passage=Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County, said, “It’s an uncomfortable situation,” but added that Mr. Codey is nevertheless “ably stewarding the state.”}}
A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
* 1821 June 19, ”Peregrine,” The Traveller: Letter IV'', in ''The Kaleidoscope; Or, Literary and Scientific Mirror ,
* 1830 , , The King?s Own'', 1840, ''The Complete Works of Captain F. Marryatt , Volume I,
* 1838 , The Southern Literary Messenger , Volume IV,
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
* 1979 July 23, Andrew O. Shapiro, Of Canceled Parties and the Beleaguered Teenager'', '' ,
* 1994 , John N. Ingham, Lynne B. Feldman, Dutrieuille, Peter Albert (1838—1916) and Albert E. Dutrieuille (July 26, 1877—April 25, 1974)'', entry in ''African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary ,
* 2008 , Zushe Yosef Blech, Kosher Food Production ,
Caterer is a synonym of steward.
As nouns the difference between steward and caterer
is that steward is a person who manages the property or affairs for another entity while caterer is a person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.As a verb steward
is to act as the steward or caretaker of (something.As a proper noun Steward
is {{surname|A=An English|from=occupations}}, a variant of Stewart.steward
English
(wikipedia steward)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (union member) (l) * (l), (l)Derived terms
* shop steward * stewardly * stewardry * understewardHyponyms
* stewardessVerb
(en verb)citation
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* ----caterer
English
(Catering)Noun
(en noun)page 401,
- It was in vain that I petitioned, appealing to our caterer , if proofs of appetite were wanting; for sick men seldom have occasion for that important person?s services.
page 335,
- “I say, Mr. Cribbage ,” cried an old master?s-mate, to the caterer , who had entered shortly after the tea-kettles, and assumed his place at the end of the table, “what sort of stuff do you call this?”
page 263,
- There is a caterer for the table, whose sleekness of face, rotundity of person, and general air of comfortable well-being, do great honor to the cheer he provides.
page 64,
- If so, you will probably sign a contract with a caterer months, maybe years, in advance and make a substantial down payment.
page 225,
- From a family of French West African descent, Albert Dutrieuille was the last of the great African-American caterers in Philadelphia.
page 176,
- Although many hotels work with outside Kosher caterers to provide Kosher services, some have developed their own in-house Kosher catering departments.