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Caretaker vs. Interim — What's the Difference?

Caretaker vs. Interim — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Caretaker and Interim

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Caretaker

A person employed to look after a building
He works as a college caretaker

Interim

An interim is a provisional or temporary intervening period of time. In projects, an interim report is often compiled to analyze how the project is proceeding, before its final completion.

Caretaker

A person employed to look after people or animals
Two lions escaped from their cage and killed their caretaker

Interim

An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.

Caretaker

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

Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary
An interim agreement.

Caretaker

One that temporarily performs the duties of an office
The government resigned, but the premier served as caretaker until new leaders could be elected.

Interim

Transitional.
Iraq's government is interim.

Caretaker

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

Interim

Temporary.
You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

Caretaker

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

Interim

A transitional or temporary period between other events.
His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

Caretaker

Temporary, on a short term basis.
Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.

Interim

The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
All the interim isLike a phantasms, or a hideous dream.

Caretaker

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

Interim

A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.

Caretaker

An official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;
He acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected

Interim

The time between one event, process, or period and another

Interim

Serving during an intermediate interval of time;
An interim agreement

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