Bartender vs. Butler — What's the Difference?

A bartender (also known as a barkeep, barman, barmaid, or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment. Bartenders also usually maintain the supplies and inventory for the bar.

A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry.

A person serving drinks at a bar.

The chief manservant of a house.

One who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar. Also called barkeeper.

The head servant in a household who is usually in charge of food service, the care of silverware, and the deportment of the other servants.

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. 19

A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.

A barkeeper.

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

A valet, a male personal attendant.

To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.

An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.

A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table