Caretaker vs. Keeper — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Caretaker and Keeper
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Caretaker
A person employed to look after a building
He works as a college caretaker
Keeper
An attendant, a guard, or a warden.
Caretaker
A person employed to look after people or animals
Two lions escaped from their cage and killed their caretaker
Keeper
One that has the charge or care of something
A lion keeper.
The keeper of the budget.
Caretaker
One that is employed to look after or take charge of goods, property, or a person; a custodian.
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Keeper
A stationary fitting that catches or holds a moving part such as a latch or bolt.
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.
Keeper
(Sports) A goalkeeper.
Caretaker
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
Keeper
(Football) A play made by the quarterback who keeps the ball after it is snapped and then runs with it.
Caretaker
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.
Keeper
(Informal) One that is worth keeping, especially a fish large enough to be legally caught and not returned to the water.
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.
Keeper
One who keeps (retains) something.
Finders keepers; losers weepers.
Caretaker
A custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
Keeper
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Caretaker
An official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;
He acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected
Keeper
A fruit or vegetable that keeps (remains good) for some time without spoiling.
Keeper
(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
Keeper
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.
Keeper
(sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper.
Keeper
A part of a mechanism that catches or retains another part, for example the part of a door lock that fits in the frame and receives the bolt.
Keeper
A thin, flexible tress or tongue of material (e.g. leather) at the end of a crop opposite the handle, which is broad enough to prevent the horse's skin from being marked as it might be by a whip.
Keeper
(American football) An offensive play in which the quarterback runs toward the goal with the ball after it is snapped.
Keeper
Syn of armature
Keeper
One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.
Keeper
One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.
Keeper
One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property;
The Lord is thy keeper.
Keeper
One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
Discreet; chaste; keepers at home.
Keeper
A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place;
Keeper
A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good keeper.
Keeper
An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.
Keeper
Someone in charge of other people;
Am I my brother's keeper?
Keeper
One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
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