Caretaker vs. Housekeeper — What's the Difference?

A person employed to look after a building

A person employed to manage a household.

A person employed to look after people or animals

One who is employed to perform or direct the domestic tasks in a household.

One that is employed to look after or take charge of goods, property, or a person; a custodian.

A housewife or househusband.

One that temporarily performs the duties of an office

An employee of an establishment, such as a hospital, inn, or hotel, who performs or coordinates housekeeping tasks.

Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.

Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder.

Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.

Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc.

Temporary, on a short term basis.

Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household.

A custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody.

An official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;

One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family.

One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants of a household and manage the ordinary domestic affairs.

One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household.

One who keeps or stays much at home.

A house dog.

A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household