Superintendent vs Manager - What's the difference?
superintendent | manager | Synonyms |
A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
(chiefly, US) A janitor.
Overseeing; superintending.
(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.
Manager is a synonym of superintendent.
As nouns the difference between superintendent and manager
is that superintendent is a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something while manager is a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.As an adjective superintendent
is overseeing; superintending.superintendent
English
Noun
(wikipedia superintendent) (en noun)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent ; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
Synonyms
* manager * foreman * chief, head, head man * controller, comptroller * overseer * supervisorDerived terms
* (abbreviation) * SP (abbreviation) * chief superintendent * detective superintendent (DSupt) * detective chief superintendent (DCS)See also
* (policing ) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)Adjective
(-)manager
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(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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